Most Organisations Face An Unsecured Api Surge As AI Agents Outpace Security
IT Security Guru, Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
The latest State of AI and API Security Report Finds Almost Half of Organisations Have Delayed AI Deployments Due to API Security Concerns
Salt Security has released its 1H 2026 State of AI and API Security: Navigating the Agentic Era report, revealing a widening gap between the rapid deployment of AI agents and the security programs designed to protect them. The research finds that while autonomous AI agents are being deployed at enterprise scale, 92% of organisations lack the advanced security maturity required to defend these environments.
AI is reliant on APIs in order to work properly and carry out autonomous actions. APIs are fast becoming the execution layer for AI systems, powering every action taken by agents, large language models (LLMs), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Because of this, the number of APIs in use in organisations today have exploded, with two-thirds (66%) reporting growth of over 50% in the last year.