{"slug": "dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for", "title": "Dangerous Deviation Detection: Catching the Agent Action Nobody Asked For", "summary": "Check Point's 2026 Cloud Security Report found that 78 percent of organizations reported a confirmed or suspected AI-related security incident in the past year, according to a Check Point blog post introducing Dangerous Deviation Detection. The approach checks each agent tool call before it runs, addressing cases where an agent takes an unrequested action that deletes data, leaks it, or widens access — a gap Check Point says permissions and prompt screening miss because least privilege cannot remove access a job needs and prompt attack detection screens inputs rather than the action itself.", "body_md": "Key takeaways In the past year, 78 percent of organizations reported a confirmed or suspected AI-related security incident, according to Check Point’s 2026 Cloud Security Report. →No attacker required. Agents plan their own steps, and an agent trying to help can take one nobody asked for that deletes data, leaks it or widens someone’s access →Permissions and prompt screening miss the action itself. Least privilege cannot take away access the job needs, and prompt attack detection screens what goes into the agent, not what it is about to do →Dangerous Deviation Detection checks each tool call before it runs. It […]\n\nThe post [Dangerous Deviation Detection: Catching the Agent Action Nobody Asked For](https://blog.checkpoint.com/ai-security/dangerous-deviation-detection-ai-agents/) appeared first on [Check Point Blog](https://blog.checkpoint.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for", "canonical_source": "https://blog.checkpoint.com/ai-security/dangerous-deviation-detection-ai-agents/", "published_at": "2026-10-15 12:51:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-15 13:22:41.529643+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Check Point", "Check Point Blog", "Dangerous Deviation Detection", "2026 Cloud Security Report"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dangerous-deviation-detection-catching-the-agent-action-nobody-asked-for.jsonld"}}