The corporate world is in the middle of an unprecedented AI boom, with industry analysts estimating that more than 10 million enterprise AI agents have already been deployed worldwide, compounding at over 120 % annually.
According to Gartner, this is just the vanguard of a massive shift: by 2026, 15 % of all daily corporate decisions are projected to be made autonomously by AI agents, with at least 100 million of these digital workers expected to
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To navigate this shifting landscape, enterprises must rethink how they secure their data, how they govern autonomous systems and how their internal teams are structured.
According to Mayank Upadhyay, Chief Security and Trust Office and Vice