Kyndryl Announces Agentic AI Digital Trust to Support Governance of AI Agents at Scale

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Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) on November 19, 2025 announced Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust, a set of services inside the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework to help enterprises govern, secure and scale agentic AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The offering emphasizes a security-first control center for agent lifecycle governance, including discovery, testing, continuous policy enforcement, auditing, AI-MDR and proactive risk management. Kyndryl cited its 2025 Readiness Report showing 68% of organizations heavily invest in AI and 61% feel increased pressure to prove ROI.

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Kyndryl launches a security‑first control suite to govern and scale agentic AI across hybrid and multi‑cloud enterprise environments.

Kyndryl positions Agentic AI Digital Trust as a centralized control layer for agent lifecycle management, covering discovery, testing and certification, continuous policy enforcement, auditing, AI‑MDR, and proactive risk management. The service targets regulated and mission‑critical environments and is designed to integrate with existing enterprise security stacks and major hyperscaler platforms, including a stated collaboration with Microsoft using Fabric IQ, Fabric Digital Twin Builder and Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence.

The announcement responds to specific readiness findings: 68% of organizations reportedly invest heavily in AI and 61% feel more pressure to demonstrate ROI. The offering therefore directly addresses governance and compliance gaps that the release highlights. Key dependencies include successful technical integrations with customer security infrastructure and hyperscaler services, plus measurable adoption in regulated workloads where auditability and continuous policy enforcement matter.

Watch for early deployment case studies, formal certification outcomes, and integration references with major customers and partners over the next 12–18 months. These milestones will clarify whether the product achieves usable controls and measurable reductions in governance friction for agentic AI in mission‑critical settings.

New services address emerging risks as organizations expand agentic AI across mission-critical environments

NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust to help enterprises securely manage and scale their agentic AI deployments across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The new services, embedded in the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework, strengthen reliability, security, trust and stability of AI agents across critical enterprise operations.

The rapid adoption of AI across enterprises has significantly outpaced the development of essential controls for security, governance and trust. According to the 2025 Kyndryl Readiness Report, 68% of organizations are heavily investing in AI, while 61% felt more pressure than a year ago to prove ROI from these investments — even as most major cyber outages stem from human error or connectivity gaps.

"While agentic AI unlocks powerful new capabilities, it can also introduce new and potentially unpredictable security challenges when not governed properly," said Kris Lovejoy, Global Security and Resiliency Leader, Kyndryl. "As AI agents become more sophisticated and increasingly embedded across the enterprise, organizations need clear guardrails to govern and manage them responsibly. Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust helps customers build trust and resilience into their AI agent deployments so that innovation is governed, resilient and enterprise-ready."

To address the gap between rapid AI adoption and formal oversight of agents working across robust and reliable environments, Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust acts as a control center for secure and transparent agentic AI adoption. It provides a security-first approach to managing how AI agents operate, especially in regulated environments where data security, compliance and classification are critical.

Designed to integrate with existing enterprise security infrastructure and hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust supports the hyperscaler cloud platforms and Kyndryl's diverse ecosystem of global strategic alliances. For instance, Kyndryl collaborates with Microsoft to bring maturity into modelling environments, processes and assets to establish and strengthen trust, governance and compliance for Agentic AI by utilizing Microsoft Fabric IQ, Microsoft Fabric Digital Twin Builder and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Kyndryl's deep expertise in AI and cybersecurity and strategic partnerships can enable organizations to efficiently manage AI agents across different technology platforms, providing the flexibility to operate securely and meet corporate and regulatory requirements.

Integral to the core functioning of the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework, these security measures address the lifecycle of AI agent governance, including Agent Discovery and Registration; Agent Testing and Certification; Continuous Policy Monitoring and Enforcement; Auditing and Compliance Reporting; Managed AI Detection and Response (AI-MDR); and Proactive Risk Management.

Learn more information about Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust.

About Kyndryl
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services offering advisory, implementation and managed service capabilities to thousands of customers in more than 60 countries. As the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, the company designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex information systems that the world depends on every day. For more information, visit www.kyndryl.com.

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FAQ

What is Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust announced on November 19, 2025 for KD?

It is a security-first set of services within the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework to govern, monitor and secure agentic AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

How does Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust help regulated environments for KD customers?

It provides agent discovery, testing and certification, continuous policy monitoring, auditing/compliance reporting, and managed AI detection and response to meet regulatory and data-security needs.

Which lifecycle controls are included in Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust (KD)?

Controls include Agent Discovery and Registration, Agent Testing and Certification, Continuous Policy Monitoring and Enforcement, Auditing and Compliance Reporting, AI-MDR, and Proactive Risk Management.

Does Kyndryl (KD) integrate Agentic AI Digital Trust with major cloud platforms?

Yes; the services are designed to integrate with hybrid and multi-cloud environments and to support hyperscaler platforms and Kyndryl's strategic alliances.

What partnership examples did Kyndryl cite for Agentic AI Digital Trust (KD)?

Kyndryl cited collaboration with Microsoft using Microsoft Fabric IQ, Fabric Digital Twin Builder and Fabric Real-Time Intelligence to strengthen modelling, governance and compliance for agentic AI.

What customer concern did Kyndryl reference when announcing Agentic AI Digital Trust (KD)?

Kyndryl referenced its 2025 Readiness Report finding that 68% of organizations heavily invest in AI while 61% feel increased pressure to prove ROI from those investments.