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43% of Teams Claiming AI Agent Permission Controls Still Share the Credentials Behind Them

43% of Teams Claiming AI Agent Permission Controls Still Share the Credentials Behind Them

A VentureBeat survey of 102 enterprises found 17 of 40 teams that say they enforce AI agent permissions still run agents on shared credentials, creating accountability gaps.

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“You can't govern a worker you can't see.”

Everyone is hyped that Gemini agents can work alone for a week. The real story is that they get their own name in the logs, and that is what makes autonomy safe to buy.

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