Security teams increasingly outflanked by AI agents

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Non-human identities are growing beyond the ability of existing systems to track them, according to IDC and GuidePoint Security.

Published Sept. 15, 2026

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• AI agents are outpacing the ability of existing security systems to manage them, according to a new report by IDC and GuidePoint Security. In some environments, non-human identities are outpacing human identities at a ratio of 75 to 1, the report showed.
• Non-human identities were the initial entry point in 19% of the security incidents cited by about 650 organizations that reported a confirmed incident. That percentage is effectively the same as the 19% of organizations that cited phishing or stolen credentials as the initial entry point.
• Nearly eight of every 10 respondents claimed to have high confidence or very high confidence in their...

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