Analysis: Amid Claude Mythos FUD, Don’t Forget About Identity

May 19, 2026 – Published on CRN

In all likelihood, the security conversation will continue for some time to be dominated by the rise of AI-discovered vulnerabilities and exploits, and the near-panic-level responses that have ensued.

But the existence of powerful AI vulnerability discovery technologies such as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos doesn’t mean that patching will be the whole answer—far from it.

The bottom line is that identity remains one of the most important areas for organizations to modernize in the Claude Mythos era, especially as they simultaneously adopt agentic AI systems.

For solution and service providers, that means the opportunity is not just helping customers respond faster to vulnerabilities. It also means helping organizations to harden their identity systems and improve access controls, as well as to implement zero-trust segmentation and other compensating controls.

Without a doubt, the channel opportunity ahead is massive in identity, as it has been for a number of years now, according to GuidePoint Security’s Mark Thornberry.

“Identity has been one of our biggest areas of focus and growth as a company. It’s our largest single practice that we have at GuidePoint,” said Thornberry, senior vice president for partnerships at GuidePoint Security.

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