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# AI Agents Become the New Insider Threat
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/ai-agents-become-the-new-insider-threat/
- Published: 2026-09-25T16:16:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:16:44.000Z
- Description: As AI agents gain the ability to operate autonomously across enterprise systems and delegate tasks to other agents, traditional access controls become insufficient. The risk isn’t preventing agent entry—it’s controlling what they do once inside.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, ai security, ai agents, access control

Source: [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/24/ai-agents-security-thecubes-keynote-analysis-oktane/?ref=adjacent.media)

As AI agents gain the ability to operate autonomously across enterprise systems and delegate tasks to other agents, traditional access controls become insufficient. The risk isn't preventing agent entry—it's controlling what they do once inside. This expands the attack surface from human insider threats to algorithmic ones that can execute at machine speed and scale. Companies must rethink security from "who gets access" to "what can this entity actually accomplish with that access." The economic stakes are immediate: breached agent credentials or compromised agent behavior can move capital, alter records, or manipulate workflows faster than human monitoring can detect.