Unowned AI Agents: A New Insider Threat Vector

An unowned AI agent with access to sensitive data and internal systems operates without oversight, posing an insider threat similar to unauthorized employee access. The article questions why such agents are classified as productivity tools rather than security risks.

Right now, there is probably an AI agent running on a laptop somewhere in your network. It stores API keys and database passwords, can access your internal systems, and works without anyone watching.

Nobody reviewed its access. Nobody owns it.

If an employee had that much reach with that little oversight, you would call it an insider risk. So why do we still call the agent a productivity tool?

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