Agentic AI is moving from security assistant to operator

For much of the past decade, AI used in cybersecurity and compliance played a supporting role. Machine learning systems could identify anomalies, while natural language tools helped summarize alerts or prepare reports that were ultimately reviewed and acted upon by people.

Agentic AI changes how much of that process can happen without direct human involvement.

In a security operations center, CertiK said an autonomous system could investigate an unusual login, retrieve the device fingerprint and location history, compare the information against threat intelligence, decide whether an account should be suspended and execute the suspension. Its reasoning could then be recorded for…