Report by Semperis
The State of Identity Security in the AI Era
Key Findings
12% of French companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.
74% of organizations in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Singapore and Australia believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure.
83% of organizations indicate that AI identity governance is a priority in the coming months.
93% of organizations already use or plan to use AI agents for sensitive security tasks such as password resets and VPN access.
92% of organizations have AI installed on at least some local machines with access to SSH and encryption keys.
Within organizations that track AI identities, 43% authenticate and authorize AI identities using a separate system from human identities.
Within organizations that track AI identities, 57% use the same system as for human identities.
29% of organizations already use AI agents to manage security-related help desk tickets including password resets and VPN access.
Only 32% of organizations globally are very confident they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.
53% of US companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.
65% of organizations intend to use AI agents to manage security-related help desk tickets within the next year.
65% of organizations globally say AI identities are fully registered, authenticated and authorized in a formal system.
6% of organizations admit they do not track AI identities at all.