Forrester: AI Agents Pose New Cybersecurity Risks for CISOs
Forrester: AI Agents Pose New Cybersecurity Risks for CISOs
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/forrester-ai-agents-pose-new-cybersecurity-risks-for-cisos-a-32078
Publish Date: 2026-06-25 13:12:00
Source Domain: www.govinfosecurity.com
Agentic AI
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
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Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development
Forrester’s Jitin Shabadu Says Visibility and Identity Must Top Security Priorities
Jitin Shabadu, analyst, Forrester
Artificial intelligence innovation is reshaping enterprise cyber risk. To protect the enterprise, CISOs need to ensure better agent visibility, strengthen identity governance and maintain human oversight as cyberattackers improve their AI capabilities, said Jitin Shabadu, analyst at Forrester.
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Shabadu, co-author of Forrester’s Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2026 report, said AI agents are expanding enterprise attack surfaces while creating new challenges for machine identities, software supply chains and detection. He urges security leaders to understand where AI is deployed across their environments before investing in new controls, noting that defensive AI capabilities have not yet reached the maturity of offensive use cases.
“Everything agent is an identity problem… You cannot just govern AI agents like it’s another human identity. It’s not how AI agents work,” Shabadu said.
Visibility should be the top priority for security teams as AI adoption accelerates to…
