As attackers use AI to create threats at scale and at machine speed, agents are already being used by many MDR and DXR vendors and service providers to supply autonomous features that assist human operators and augment existing security tools.

With contributions from Christina Richmond. The current escalation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States marks a clear transition in the doctrine of modern conflict. Military operations, economic disruption, and cyber activity unfold simultaneously and influence one another in real time. The conflict illustrates a broader transformation in geopolitical competition that has been unfolding in isolated silos; this war brings those dynamics together at once. Cyber campaigns influence...

Management of non-human identities has evolved in response to the rapid adoption of semi-autonomous AI agents. The complex nature of their interactions with both human operators and other agents means that security teams need a more sophisticated approach that uses behavioural context to determine an agent’s permissions. Firms are leveraging an identity management approach mirroring the complexities of human operator requirements, but at a vastly bigger scale.