The State of the Agent: Understanding Adoption, Risk, and Mitigation

More than 80% of IT and security leaders report AI agents require more manual oversight than they save in efficiency.

88% of IT and security leaders say they lack the ability to roll back AI agent actions without system disruption.

86% of IT and security leaders expect AI agents to outpace their organization’s security guardrails within the next year.

Nearly half of IT and security leaders expect agentic systems to drive the majority of attacks in the coming year.

Only 23% of IT and security leaders report full visibility into the AI agents operating in their environments.

Nearly nine in ten IT and security leaders express concern about meeting recovery objectives as agent-driven threats increase.