Your Next Insider Threat Might Not Be Human
Barracuda Networks, Monday, August 3rd, 2026
Barracuda warns that unsecured AI agents are becoming a non-human insider threat.
Barracuda examines how agentic AI adoption introduces powerful new risks alongside productivity gains. The article covers unsecured AI agents, poor governance, weak identity controls, and shadow AI deployments as paths to data breaches.
Because agents act with delegated permissions, an over-privileged or compromised agent behaves much like a malicious insider.
Barracuda argues organizations need identity and governance controls for non-human actors comparable to those applied to employees.