LexisNexis Risk Solutions unveils Know Your Agent intelligence for AI detection

The new capability helps government agencies spot when AI agents, not people, are logging into public services Government websites were built for people. Increasingly, the visitors are software acting on their behalf. LexisNexis Risk Solutions has announced new capabilities called Know Your Agent (KYA) intelligence. The tool helps government agencies identify when an artificial intelligence agent enters or interacts with a digital government system. The company says it treats that agentic activity as a distinct risk signal, one that can be weighed alongside everything else an agency already watches. The timing matters. Agentic traffic grew by over 750% in the first half of 2026. Systems designed around the assumption of a human at the keyboard now have to account for a very different kind of user. What Know Your Agent actually does KYA is aimed at the parts of government where mistakes get expensive. LexisNexis lists citizen accounts, public benefits, tax systems and licensing portals among the digital services it is designed to protect. The capability is not a standalone product. It is available through two existing LexisNexis platforms: ThreatMetrix and BehavioSec. That integrati...