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Who’s governing your AI agents?

Left unchecked, AI agents create blind spots across systems, data, and compliance. Identity-first security brings them back under control.

AGENTS OF RISK

Why AI agents are a growing blind spot 

AI agents are already in your enterprise—making decisions, accessing data, and expanding faster than policies can keep up. Most organizations aren’t securing them, leaving a wide-open vulnerability that bad actors will be quick to exploit. The risks are bigger than most.

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Key report findings

Most AI agents access sensitive information daily

AI agents are growing fast across enterprises, yet most act without oversight—exposing sensitive data. Research shows, only 44% have governance in place. With autonomous access and actions, AI agents now pose greater risk than human or machine identities—demanding urgent control.

80 %

of organizations revealed that AI agents have performed unintended actions of accessing and sharing inappropriate data

66 %

of surveyed companies state that AI agents are a growing security risk

64 %

of surveyed companies confirm that AI agents require multiple identities to access necessary data, applications, and systems

56 %

of surveyed companies do not have any governance policies in place for AI agents

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Explore global survey findings on AI agent adoption, risk, and governance—contrasting them with machine and human identities, revealing unintended actions and root causes, underscoring the urgent need for control within identity security strategies.

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AI GOVERNANCE SOLUTION

Introducing SailPoint Agent Identity Security

Agent Identity Security secures and governs AI agent identities across their lifecycle. It provides visibility, ownership, certification, and auditing, ensuring AI agents with direct data access are integrated safely into enterprise operations with full accountability.

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AI agents are revealing sensitive data

19 %

of responders say their AI agents revealed access credentials

26 %

of responders say AI agents shared inappropriate data

27 %

of responders say that AI agents allowed inappropriate data to be downloaded