AI agents can improvise beyond the intended scope of a task when they are given broad access to enterprise systems and data. Token Security explains why organizations need to define agent intent and continuously enforce permissions around what each agent was actually created to do.

Enterprise AI agents expose gaps in inventory, identity, attack visibility, and cost, while nearly half of 33,563 MCP builds raise security findings.

Content filters can block unsafe output. They cannot tell you whether an agent was authorized to issue that refund, touch that production system, or commit the company to an…