Shared API keys expose AI agents at 69 of enterprises, new VentureBeat research finds

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A VentureBeat Pulse Research survey of 107 enterprises found that 69 percent run AI agents with shared credentials somewhere in their deployments, meaning a single compromised agent can inherit the access of every other agent using the same API key. 1 billion purchase of CyberArk, CrowdStrike's $740 million acquisition of SGNL, and Cisco's planned purchase of non-human identity specialist Astrix Security.

CrowdStrike has already shipped its first product from the SGNL deal, Continuous Identity for AI Agents, which validates each agent action in real time.