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82% of enterprises have unknown AI agents running in their IT infrastructure.

Publisher	Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) & Token Security
Report	Autonomous but Not Controlled AI Agent Incidents Now Common in Enterprises
Published	21 April 2026
Topics	Unknown AI Agents, Visibility, Enterprise

Published by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) & Token Security in Autonomous but Not Controlled AI Agent Incidents Now Common in Enterprises , 21 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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