6 Ways Security Teams Can Reduce Non-Human Insider Risk
Brief
AI agents are rapidly becoming part of everyday business operations and this increases non-human insider risk. They can improve productivity, reduce repetitive work and help organisations accomplish tasks far more efficiently.
The answer, therefore, is not to ban them. Instead, organisations need to manage AI agents with the same discipline applied to human identities, privileged accounts and other powerful technologies.
Following on from last weeks article where we explained the ways organisations create non-human insider risk, here are six practical steps security teams can take:
- Start with visibility
You cannot secure AI agents you do not know exist.
Organisations should maintain an inventory of deployed agents, record who owns them, identify the systems and data they can access, and document the actions they are authorised to perform.