Agentic AI Changes the Key Questions for CISOs
F5, Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
F5's Field CISO argues agentic AI forces security leaders to ask what AI agents know and are authorized to do.
F5 Field CISO Sean Murphy argues that agentic AI fundamentally changes how security leaders must think about enterprise risk.
With 77% of organizations facing challenges managing non-human identities, he says CISOs must shift from asking 'Are we secure?' to 'What does this AI know, what is it authorized to do, and can we stop it?'
Effective governance, the article says, requires an inventory of all AI agents, named business accountability, runtime visibility, and continuous monitoring to prevent unauthorized actions.