AI Agents Proliferate, Exposing Security Blind Spots

35% of organizations now run more than 1,000 AI agents in production, and 9 in 10 organizations have already experienced security incidents tied to those agents, according to a report on the expanding attack surface. The findings indicate security teams are struggling to keep pace as agent deployments scale.

The rapid proliferation of AI agents is leaving security teams scrambling to keep up, with 35% of organizations now running over 1,000 AI agents in production - a scale that significantly expands the attack surface. As AI agents multiply, so do security risks, with 9 in 10 organizations already experiencing incidents.