Identity services crucial to prevent cyber incidents amidst agentic AI adoption: Study

NEW DELHI: The increase in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) agents among enterprises is leading to a surge in non-human identities (NHIs) and agentic identities, which will necessitate robust identity services and infrastructure deployments to prevent cyber incidents, according to the latest findings of a Rubrik Zero Labs survey released on Friday.

Rubrik Zero Labs is the dedicated cybersecurity research unit of the US-based data security firm, Rubrik.

It found that 86% of respondents have fully or partially incorporated AI agents into their identity infrastructure, and an additional 12% have plans to.