F5 report finds 98% of organizations modify apps for agentic AI access

By Public Technologies
  • F5's 2026 State of Application Strategy Report found 98% of surveyed organizations are modifying applications for agentic AI access.
  • Those organizations use or actively evaluate an average of seven AI models, with rising adoption expanding the cybersecurity attack surface.
  • AI security agents can accelerate threat detection and response, but expose organizations to prompt injection, privilege abuse and other attacks.
  • Organizations need scoped, short-lived credentials, runtime safeguards and human approval for irreversible agent decisions.


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