97% Of Enterprises Expect A Major AI Agent Security Incident Within The Year
Security Boulevard, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
The threat is no longer hypothetical. AI agents - autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning and acting across digital environments - are already operating inside enterprise systems. They're retrieving data, triggering transactions, and interacting across services through legitimate credentials and approved workflows. According to new research from Arkose Labs, nearly every enterprise security leader knows what comes next.
In our 2026 Agentic AI Security Report, based on a global survey of 300 enterprise leaders across security, fraud, identity and AI functions, 97% of respondents expect a material AI-agent-driven security or fraud incident within the next 12 months. Nearly half expect one within six months. Yet only 6% of security budgets are currently allocated to this risk.