Deploying agency-based AI in the enterprise is no longer a choice – it’s essential for survival. AI agents enhance efficiency, cut costs, and automate complex and repetitive tasks across various departments: HR, marketing, IT, and finance. A Fortune 500 customer data point revealed a 840% increase in AI agent adoption year-over-year in 2025, highlighting the speed at which forward-thinking companies are adopting agency-based AI.
Non-human identities now exceed human identities by a staggering 144:1 ratio. A single crafted link bypassed the user’s review step, allowing an attacker to exfiltrate conversation history or run code on the victim’s machine, all without the user noticing.
Therefore, it's crucial to prioritize adopting technologies that allow secure entry into the AI era, while removing point solutions and disparate tools that add complexity without improving control. The global cybersecurity workforce gap currently stands at roughly 4.8 million unfilled positions, and nearly 90 percent of organizations report critical shortages specifically in cloud and AI security. Sixty percent of CISOs now cite the skills gap as their top workforce concern, surpassing staffing shortages, and rapid enterprise AI deployment is driving this change.
Most IAM professionals were trained on human identity models, so acquiring fluency in non-human identity governance requires seeking out training that treats it as a separate discipline rather than an extension of existing IAM knowledge.
