AI Security Agents in the SOC: Co-Worker or Co-Risk?
As the number of AI agents increase in corporations, we can’t expect that cybersecurity would be the only domain left behind. Many VC-backed startups like Simbian have been launched, and Google also announced a partnership with Wiz for cybersec agents, etc. Firstly, what is an AI agent, and why is it different from our plain ol’ automation? Automation follows a set of predefined rules to complete tasks—fast, consistent, and predictable. AI agents, on the other hand, operate with autonomy: they can reason, adapt, and make decisions based on dynamic inputs....