Runtime: The new frontier of AI agent security

AI agents (autonomous software programs that can perform tasks independently) are now operating inside company networks with real access to systems, sometimes causing expensive mistakes like deleting inboxes or taking services offline. Traditional security approaches focus on preventing problems before deployment, but security leaders increasingly argue that runtime security (continuously monitoring what software actually does while it's running) is equally critical because agents can bypass normal security checkpoints and make mistakes at high speed. The challenge is that agents operate through API calls and other direct connections that traditional security tools don't intercept, generate enormous volumes of activity, and often don't create detailed logs that security teams can review.