Credential brokering

Credential brokering is when a gateway holds or fetches the tool's credential and uses it for the agent, so the agent never sees it.

In short: Credential brokering is when a gateway holds or fetches the tool's credential and uses it for the agent, so the agent never sees it. It carries 20 percent of our rubric. This entry uses the term the way our gateway datasheets do, and links related terms below.

Related terms

• Short-lived credential
• All 40 glossary terms

By The Datasheet desk · Reviewed 2026-11-03