How Agentic Activity Changes the Risk Equation
Cyera, Thursday, October 1st, 2026
Cyera argues agentic risk lies in the path linking sensitive data, agent authority and destinations, not in isolated findings.
Cyera says treating risk as a list of isolated findings breaks down when AI agents can connect sensitive data, authority to act and external destinations in a single continuous action.
Drawing on OWASP's concept of excessive agency, it argues the key question shifts from who can access data to what can happen after access is granted, such as copying a file into an externally shared folder.
The post urges security teams to trace actionable exposure across data, identities, agents, tools and downstream systems.