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# Cybersecurity: security leaders come up against the agentic AI wall

Original title, in French: “Cybersécurité : les responsables sécurité face au mur de l'IA agentique”

**Publication**

Journal du Net (France)

**Author**

[Gérôme Billois](https://www.journaldunet.com/account/gerome-billois-241675)

**Published on**

1 October 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

According to the AI Cyber Benchmark 2026 study, companies' AI cybersecurity maturity rose from 31% in 2025 to 45% in 2026, but this progress masks a gap between theoretical governance and operational practice. Only 33% of organisations factor the specific features of autonomous agents into their risk analyses, and only 15% have identity management suited to these agents. While one in two companies tests its systems before going into production, detection of attacks in progress falls to 40% and response to 29%. Only 8% of companies forward their AI activity logs to their SOC, and 12.5% have a formal incident response plan. The article identifies three priorities for 2027: identity management for AI agents, unified monitoring, and control of the AI model supply chain.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Journal du Net →](https://www.journaldunet.com/cybersecurite/1555649-cybersecurite-les-responsables-securite-face-au-mur-de-l-ia-agentique/)

## Figures cited

-   45 %
    
    companies' AI cybersecurity maturity in 2026
    
    companies, 2026
    
    > « la maturité des entreprises en matière de cybersécurité de l'IA a progressé, passant de 31 % en 2025 à 45 % cette année. »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   31 %
    
    companies' AI cybersecurity maturity in 2025
    
    companies, 2025
    
    > « la maturité des entreprises en matière de cybersécurité de l'IA a progressé, passant de 31 % en 2025 à 45 % cette année. »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   33 %
    
    organisations factoring the specific features of autonomous agents into their project risk analyses
    
    companies
    
    > « Seules 33 % des organisations intègrent aujourd'hui les spécificités des agents autonomes dans leurs analyses de risques projets. »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   15 %
    
    organisations that have deployed identity management suited to AI agents
    
    companies
    
    > « à peine 15 % ont déployé une gestion des identités et des accès (IAM) véritablement adaptée à ces entités non-humaines »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   50 %
    
    organisations carrying out dedicated penetration tests before going into production
    
    companies
    
    > « une organisation sur deux réalise des tests de pénétration dédiés à ses systèmes d'IA avant leur mise en production »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   40 %
    
    maturity in detecting an attack in progress
    
    companies
    
    > « La maturité chute brutalement lorsqu'il s'agit de détecter une attaque en cours (40 %) »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   29 %
    
    maturity in responding to an attack in progress
    
    companies
    
    > « et, plus encore, d'y répondre (29 %) »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   90 %
    
    companies generating activity logs for their AI applications
    
    companies
    
    > « si près de 9 entreprises sur 10 génèrent des journaux d'activité pour leurs applications d'IA »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   8 %
    
    companies forwarding AI activity logs to their SOC
    
    companies
    
    > « seules 8 % d'entre elles les transmettent à leur centre de supervision de la sécurité (SOC) »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    
-   12.5 %
    
    companies with a formal incident response plan for their AI assets
    
    companies
    
    > « seules 12.5 % des entreprises disposent d'un plan de réponse aux incidents formalisé pour leurs actifs d'IA »
    
    Source: AI Cyber Benchmark 2026
    

## Classification

**Country**

Worldwide scope

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms

**Keywords**

cybersecurity, agentic AI, risk management, SOC, non-human identities, AI governance

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Journal du Net and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.