100% Indian IT leaders back AI agents, 85% seek change

100% of IT security leaders in India see AI agents as promising, while 85% say current security practices need change, according to Salesforce’s latest ‘State of IT: Security survey.’

The global study surveyed over 2,000 enterprise IT security leaders, including 100 in India, and highlighted key implementation concerns. Nearly half (49%) of Indian respondents said their data foundations are not yet ready to fully utilise the potential of agentic AI. Additionally, 52% expressed a lack of full confidence in the presence of proper guardrails to support the secure deployment of AI agents.