AI may finally unlock the cyber budgets CISOs have wanted for years

AI systems, particularly agentic AI (autonomous software that makes decisions and takes actions with minimal human oversight), are creating new security risks in enterprises by operating across systems at machine speed and collapsing traditional security boundaries. Security leaders now have board-level urgency and increased budgets to address these threats, though organizations still lack reliable ways to monitor what these AI agents are accessing and whether their actions align with company policies.