Three-quarters of organizations say they aren’t fully overseeing the activities of user accounts belonging to agents and other AI tools.

AI agents, APIs, bots and connected devices are multiplying quickly, creating a security risk traditional IAM programs weren’t built to manage.

Three-quarters of organizations say they aren’t fully overseeing the activities of user accounts belonging to agents and other AI tools.

Netwrix 2026 Data and Identity Security Report: AI Adoption Outpacing AI Readiness, Driving a 4x Breach Gap

We spent decades building identity governance frameworks for human access. Then we gave AI agents broader access than most employees have, and with less oversight.