Arkose Labs Report Highlights Growing AI-Agent Security Gap — Arkose Labs, Inc.

Event summary

Arkose Labs released its Agentic AI Security Report, revealing a significant gap between corporate readiness and funding for AI-agent security.
97% of enterprise leaders expect a material AI-agent-driven security or fraud incident within 12 months, with 49% anticipating impact within six months.
Organizations allocate an average of about 6% of security budgets to AI-agent risk, and 10% do not track it separately.
The report surveyed 300 security leaders from major technology platforms, global financial institutions, and large-scale enterprises.

The big picture

The report underscores a critical disconnect between the rapid adoption of agentic AI and the slower evolution of security measures designed to mitigate its risks. As enterprises increasingly integrate AI agents into operational workflows, traditional fraud and security models struggle to adapt, highlighting a broader industry challenge in balancing innovation with risk management.

What we're watching

Security Budget Shifts: How enterprises will reallocate security budgets to address the growing AI-agent threat.
Defense Scalability: Whether current defenses can scale to meet the evolving nature of AI-driven attacks.
Governance Maturity: The pace at which governance frameworks will mature to keep up with AI deployment velocity.