Why agentic AI demands a new approach to enterprise security
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond the chatbot. Across enterprises, AI now does more than summarize documents, draft emails or answer questions. Organizations are increasingly piloting autonomous AI agents that read communications, retrieve information from business systems, update customer records, trigger workflows and execute operational actions with limited human oversight.
That autonomy creates a new kind of exposure. Our research finds 76% of organizations are piloting or rolling out autonomous AI agents, and 42% have already had a confirmed or suspected AI-related incident. Agentic AI is already inside the workplace; the real test is whether organizations can govern it without strangling the productivity gains it delivers.
Matt Cooke is Cybersecurity Strategist for EMEA at Proofpoint.
Unlike traditional generative AI, which responds to a question and stops, agentic AI pursues an objective. It interprets a request, selects tools, accesses data and acts across connected business environments. A conventional assistant might...
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