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Secure The Future Of Internet Traffic As Agents Take Over

AI agents are reshaping internet security. The bot detection industry must now enable trusted automated traffic—or risk becoming obsolete.

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Why it matters

As AI agents proliferate, traditional bot-mitigation infrastructure faces a fundamental pivot: from blocking all non-human traffic to authenticating and enabling trusted agents at scale. This shift has broad implications for infrastructure, compliance, and the economic viability of legacy security tools.

The key facts

7 to know
  1. Forrester Wave Q2 2026 report on Bot and Agent Trust Management

  2. Market shift from bot-attack mitigation to trusted agent enablement

  3. Agent traffic reshaping user interaction with digital experiences

  4. Infrastructure and security governance implications for enterprise adoption

  5. Forrester Wave Q2 2026 analysis on Bot and Agent Trust Management

  6. Enterprise adoption of AI agents driving infrastructure security decisions

  7. New category emerging: agent trust management software

Go to the source

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Publisher excerpt: AI agent traffic is reshaping how users interact with digital experiences. In The Forrester Wave™: Bot And Agent Trust Management Software, Q2 2026, we explore how this shift is transforming a market that has historically focused on detecting and mitigating bot attacks into one that must also…
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