Report
The State of Identity in the AI Era
A survey of 161 security and identity leaders: 96% can't fully account for the AI agents already running in their environment.
AI agents are already doing real work in the enterprise, but the leaders responsible for them can't see them, can't stop them, and plan to fix it with tools they already own.
We surveyed 161 security and identity leaders, most at companies with more than 1,000 employees. The report is for CISOs, IAM and PAM teams and identity architects who own access for AI agents. It shows how many agents go unaccounted for, how fast teams can revoke one, how agents are managed today, where budgets are heading over the next 24 months, and what moving from standing to just-in-time access looks like.
What's inside
- How your peers see the threat.
- A benchmark for your own program.
- Where the market is investing.
- The readiness gap, quantified.
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