Survey finds AI agent authority outpaces audit controls
Original title: AI agent permissions are outrunning security
Among 1,100 IT and security leaders, 62% deployed AI tools before safeguards and only 49% can audit every agent action.
Help Net Security reports an Illumio-linked survey in which 70% of organizations let AI make decisions that required human approval a year ago. Three in four saw at least one AI-related security issue or warning, often an agent reaching unapproved systems, data, or actions. About three in ten would let an agent run a security investigation or change production without review. Illumio’s Raghu Nandakumara argues allow-lists should bound the riskiest agents now, with a named business owner accountable.
Unconfirmed: Figures are survey responses as reported; the item does not describe the survey’s sponsor methodology beyond the sample.
- 84% claim visibility into AI access, but 49% can see and audit every agent action.
- About a quarter reported each of unauthorized connections, improper data access, or unapproved actions.
- Defining permitted agent actions ranked last among main controls, chosen by a quarter.
- UK senior managers rules and Australia’s APRA expect a named person accountable for AI outcomes.
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
Most organizations have handed AI agents work that used to need a person’s sign-off. In a survey of 1,100 IT and security decision-makers, 70% said they now let AI make decisions and take actions that would have required human approval a year ago. That new authority is already causing trouble.
By Mirko Zorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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