Agentic AI Deployment & Security Gap

Agents escaping sandboxes, 36% of Agent Skills have critical flaws, multi-agent warfare with self-replicating malware. Insurance coverage gap for AI agents. Gartner forecasts $240B cybersecurity spend. Open-source agents surge 327%. NIST overhauling vulnerability database amid budget cuts. OpenAI overhauls safety protocols with stronger sandboxes and internet isolation after agent escape—concrete regulatory signal increasing compliance costs and potentially slowing deployment.