Financial sector rapidly adopts agentic AI despite widespread security risk management failures
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Eric Geller
Summary
A new report reveals that agentic AI adoption is surging in the financial sector, but many firms are failing to manage associated security risks. One-fifth of organizations are unsure if they've been breached through their AI tools, highlighting significant gaps in security posture and risk management as the industry races to deploy autonomous AI systems.
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· 2 pulledOne-fifth of firms aren't even sure if they've been hacked through their AI tools, according to a new report.
Agentic AI surges in financial sector even as many firms fail to manage security risks
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