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

Publisher	Booz Allen
Report	Velocity V5: Reimagining Cyber for a Faster Fight
Published	21 July 2026
Topics	Insider Risk, AI Governance, Federal agencies, Agentic AI

Published by Booz Allen in Velocity V5: Reimagining Cyber for a Faster Fight, 21 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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