Federal agencies

22% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers say their organizations have not clearly determined who bears responsibility when an AI agent causes a security incident or operational failure

28% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers express high confidence in their ability to deploy AI agents securely

31% of federal cyber and IT leaders are fully or substantially prepared to employ AI-powered cyber defenses that integrate with existing security infrastructure

36% of federal cyber and IT leaders are confident that cyber defenses can keep pace with AI-enabled attackers

37% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers list resilience against adversarial manipulation and prompt injection attacks as a top concern for agentic AI deployments

42% of federal leaders say demonstrated success in their organization’s environments would increase their confidence in expanding agentic AI deployments

44% of federal leaders say proven risk mitigation frameworks would increase their confidence in expanding agentic AI deployments

50% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers list preventing unauthorized actions as a top concern for agentic AI deployments

56% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers list protecting sensitive or classified data as a top concern for agentic AI deployments

56% of federal leaders say greater visibility into agent behavior would increase their confidence in expanding agentic AI deployments

58% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers report their agencies have deployed or are piloting AI agents

79% of federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers are very or extremely concerned about adversaries using AI to accelerate cyberattacks against their agencies over the next 12 to 18 months