WorkThe story, in brief
Building agent-first governance and security
Non-human identities are outpacing human ones. Your security strategy isn't ready.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
As agentic AI scales across enterprises, a new governance and security gap is emerging—companies lack frameworks to secure autonomous agents accessing sensitive systems, creating material enterprise risk that boards and security teams need to address now.
The key facts
4 to knowNon-human identities (NHI) already outpacing human identities in some modern enterprises
Agents can be manipulated to access sensitive systems and proprietary data
New attack surface opening as AI agents work alongside humans in organizations
Governance frameworks for agent-first security lag behind deployment
Go to the source
MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
Publisher excerpt: As AI agents increasingly work alongside humans across organizations, companies could be inadvertently opening a new attack surface. Insecure agents can be manipulated to access sensitive systems and proprietary data, increasing enterprise risk. In some modern enterprises, non-human identities…