Akamai Report: Securing Agentic AI Requires Shift to Behavioral Governance

Key takeaways * Nonhuman identities: Enterprise risk is shifting from human identity management to governing autonomous nonhuman entities. * Browser as the unprotected workspace: More than 40% of enterprise users have installed AI-powered browser extensions, with 25% of these extensions altering permissions within 12 months. * Chatbot interaction: More than 6% of chatbot conversations contain sensitive information. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

As organizations deploy agentic AI to execute tasks across APIs and systems, enterprises face a fundamental shift in risk. Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today released its latest State of the Internet (SOTI) Security report focused on emerging AI challenges. Targeted to a CISO audience, Speed, Scale, and Nonhuman Identity: The Agentic Threat Landscape explains that securing modern business has evolved from solely identity and access management for people into a challenge of behavioral governance over nonhuman entities.