Half of Enterprises Have Already Suffered an AI Agent Security Incident — and Most Still Let Agents Share Credentials
Reading Time: 5 minutesA June 2026 VentureBeat survey of 107 enterprises finds that 54% have already experienced a confirmed AI agent security incident or near-miss, while only 32% give every agent its own scoped identity and just 30% isolate high-risk agents in sandboxes. Despite these structural weaknesses, satisfaction with mostly borrowed, provider-native security controls averages 4.2 out of 5 — a false comfort the researchers warn is already driving real harm.