A KPMG and Cequence executive brief
Delegating Outcomes, Not Authority
Agentic AI Runtime Security, Governance, and Control
Organisations are starting to hand AI agents whole business outcomes: resolve this billing complaint, reconcile these accounts, restore this service. The agent chooses the path. Identity and static permissions confirm who is acting, but they can't decide whether the next action should proceed.
This report sets out how to govern each consequential action before it executes, for the agents you deploy and for the agents that act for your customers.
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Agents are already acting on your channels
65%
of IT and security leaders surveyed had seen an AI agent act outside its intended scope.
2026 survey of 202 IT and security leaders in North America and EMEA, conducted by Enterprise Management Associates for Cequence
1 in 7
AI agent visits went beyond reading and shopping to book, buy, sign in, or manage an account.
Cequence field data, 281,627 AI agent visits, October 2026
414K
visits to one marketplace claimed to be a widely used consumer AI agent. Every one was credential stuffing.
Cequence field data, October 2026