Intent By Design: Security For Autonomous AI
Proofpoint, Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
AI is now embedded in how work gets done. Copilots assist employees in real time. Autonomous agents retrieve data, generate content, write code, and execute workflows across enterprise systems. AI capabilities are integrated directly into collaboration platforms, developer tools, and core business applications.
This is the agentic workspace: where people and AI agents operate together, accessing the same data and operating across the same systems. For CIOs and CISOs, it introduces a new security and governance imperative.
The AI-Driven Governance Gap
According to Acuvity's 2025 State of AI Security report (now part of Proofpoint), approximately 70% of organizations reported gaps in AI governance, and about 50% reported expectations of AI-rela