News brief: Agentic AI disrupts security, for better or worse

<p>AI agents are clocking into work. Seventy-nine percent of senior executives say their organizations are already adopting agentic AI, according to a recent <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-agent-survey.html” rel=”noopener”>survey</a> by PwC, and 75% agree the technology will change the workplace more than the internet did.</p>
<p>If such predictions prove correct, it will soon be the rare enterprise employee who doesn’t regularly interact with an AI agent or a suite of agents packaged as a “digital employee.” That’s likely good news and bad news for CISOs, as agentic AI promises to both support cybersecurity operations and introduce new security risks.</p>
<p>This week’s featured news introduces the synthetic staffers joining the SOC and what happens when AI agents go rogue. Plus, a new report suggests rampant use of unauthorized AI in the workplace — especially among executives.</p>
<p><b>Meet the synthetic SOC analysts with names, personas and LinkedIn profiles </b></p>
<p>Cybersecurity firms are developing AI security agents with synthetic personas to make artificial intelligence more comfortable for human security teams. But experts warn that without proper oversight, such AI agents can put organizations at risk.</p>
<p>Companies like Cyn.Ai and Twine Security have created digital employees such as “<a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-vega-3a30a7356/” rel=”noopener”>Ethan</a>” and “Alex,” complete with faces, personas and LinkedIn pages. They function as entry-level SOC analysts, autonomously investigating and resolving security issues. Each AI worker persona comprises multiple agents, allowing it to make context-based decisions.</p>
<p>While they promise to help SecOps teams achieve more efficient and effective threat detection and incident response, digital analysts also require proper governance. Experts recommend that organizations deploying them should establish transparent audit trails, maintain human oversight and apply “least agency” principles.</p>
<p><a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-security-agents-get-personas-make-them-more-appealing” rel=”noopener”><i>Read the full story by Robert Lemos on Dark Reading</i></a><i>. </i></p>
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