Agentic AI In Cybersecurity: Emerging Threats And How You Can Prepare

Key takeaways

• Agentic AI systems are capable of autonomously planning and executing actions with limited human direction. In the cybersecurity context, agentic AI has the potential to accelerate both offensive and defensive activities.
• Early research demonstrates that some advanced agentic AI systems are capable of identifying previously unknown software vulnerabilities and, in some cases, developing exploitation pathways that have historically required substantial human expertise and time.
• In light of these new capabilities, organizations may wish to begin reassessing cybersecurity governance, detection capabilities, access controls, incident response procedures, and AI governance programs in anticipation of increasingly autonomous cyber capabilities.