{"slug": "ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams", "title": "AI Agents Used by 68% of Top-Performing Cybersecurity Teams", "summary": "New three-year benchmark data from Hack The Box (HTB) shows that 68% of the top 25 cybersecurity teams included an AI agent, despite AI agents accounting for just 2.7% of all participants. The 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark highlights the growing adoption of AI agents among high-performing security teams.", "body_md": "AI agents are already finding their way into the working methods of some of the highest-performing cybersecurity teams, according to new three-year benchmark data from Hack The Box (HTB). The 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark found that 68% of the top 25 teams included an AI agent, despite AI agents accounting for just 2.7% of […]\n\nThe post [AI Agents Used by 68% of Top-Performing Cybersecurity Teams](https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/08/27/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams/) appeared first on [IT Security Guru](https://www.itsecurityguru.org).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams", "canonical_source": "https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/08/27/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams", "published_at": "2026-08-27 13:59:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 14:20:02.821098+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Hack The Box", "IT Security Guru"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-used-by-68-of-top-performing-cybersecurity-teams.jsonld"}}