SailPoint: Anarchy Reigns Over Enterprise Agentic AI
Computer Weekly, Thursday, November 5th, 2026
SailPoint research finds 89% of EMEA enterprises deploy AI agents but 99% lack the identity security tools to govern them.
Computer Weekly reports on SailPoint's Horizons of identity security report, released at its Navigate conference in London.
The survey of 340 identity, IT, security and risk leaders found that 89% of EMEA enterprises have deployed AI agents but 99% lack the identity security tools to govern them, 54% are still at the most manual stage of identity security, and only 22% have mature shadow AI detection.
CEO Mark McClain says the rush for business advantage has outpaced governance and that every agent needs an owner, visibility and strict boundaries.
The article also quotes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on identifying and logging every agent, and McClain on European caution about using AI to cut jobs.