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Security leaders’ rogue AI confidence could actually be disastrous
A large majority of IT and security leaders are confident in their teams’ ability to detect when an AI agent has gone rogue, but few are able to take quick action to mitigate the fallout when an agent exceeds its intended scope.
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A survey by observability firm WanAware found that nine‑in‑ten IT and security leaders say they can detect a rogue AI agent, yet only 26 % believe they can trace its downstream impact within minutes. More than 45 % expect it would take hours to fully assess an incident, creating a gap between detection and mitigation. WanAware CEO Jeffrey Collins warns that such delays can allow outages and data breaches to develop in seconds, making rapid response critical. The findings suggest leaders are overconfident about controlling malfunctioning AI agents.
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