AI Agents Are The New Cybersecurity Nightmare #233 (36:00)
ComputerWorld, Monday, June 16th, 2025
AI agents are revolutionizing productivity, but they're also creating a massive, growing security crisis for businesses. In this episode of Today in Tech, we chat with Clarence Hinton, Chief Strategy Officer at CyberArk, exploring the alarming findings from a new identity security survey covering over 2,600 cybersecurity leaders across 20 countries.
We discuss:
- Why 94% of organizations are using AI for security, but only 32% have controls in place
- The rising threat of machine identities and identity silos
- The dangers of AI-powered phishing, deepfakes, and voice scams
- Why most companies are underestimating the privilege risk of AI agents
- The explosion of shadow AI and unregulated tools in the enterprise
- Human behavior: still the weakest security link
If you're not thinking about how to secure AI agents now, you're already behind.