96% Of IT Pros Say AI Agents Are A Security Risk, But They're Deploying Them Anyway
ZDNet, Friday, May 30th, 2025
The same capabilities that make agents much more powerful than traditional chatbots also make them much bigger potential liabilities.
AI agents are being rapidly deployed within organizations even as they sow security fears, according to a new report from data governance firm SailPoint.
Based on a global survey of more than 350 IT professionals, the report found that the widespread embrace of agents -- AI systems capable of formulating plans and taking action without human oversight -- is taking place within a security vacuum. Of IT pros who responded, 84% said their organizations already use agents internally, but just over half that number (44%) currently have policies in place to control the agents' behavior.