Agentic AI Takes Over Gartner's SRM Summit

At the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, decision-makers showed strong interest in "agentic AI"—privileged, memory-capable agents that automate tasks like vulnerability remediation, detection, and incident response—while vendors and analysts warned of significant security risks (prompt injections, permission abuse, memory manipulation). The report cites Gartner poll adoption figures, vendor perspectives on agent utility and limitations, and emerging mitigations such as guardian/ambient agents, zero-trust and least-privilege controls.