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 | Enterprise AI Security Starts with AI Agents This survey report explores the rise of AI agents in enterprises, as well as the reality of autonomous AI risks. Commissioned by Zenity, the report reveal... Request to download |
 | The Rise in Unstructured Data and AI Security Risks Release Date: 03/30/2026 As organizations generate increasing volumes of files, documents, communications, and logs across the cloud, they're also pushing traditional security mod... Request to download |
 | Identity and Access Gaps in the Age of Autonomous AI Release Date: 03/23/2026 Enterprises are embedding agentic AI across their environments, allowing agents to interact with applications, infrastructure, and data systems. They are ... Request to download |
 | Using Zero Trust to Secure Enterprise Information in LLM Environments Release Date: 03/02/2026 The rapid adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming organizational workflows. However, it's also escalating risks related to data privacy, intelle... Request to download |
 | Data Loss Prevention and Data Security Posture Management in Healthcare Release Date: 02/18/2026 Healthcare organizations are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to improve patient care, operational efficiency, and research innovation. AI in heal... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 02/04/2026 Autonomous AI agents are being embedded across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. However, most identity systems were built for humans, not for self... Request to download |
 | The State of Non-Human Identity and AI Security Release Date: 01/26/2026 Based on a comprehensive survey of IT and security professionals, this report explores how rapid AI adoption amplifies long-standing Identity and Access M... Request to download |
 | Security Controls Catalog WG 2026 Charter Release Date: 01/26/2026 This charter establishes the mission, scope and responsibilities, goals, objectives, and operational procedures for the Security Controls Catalog (SCC) WG. ... Request to download |
.png) | The State of AI Security and Governance Release Date: 12/17/2025 Organizations are rapidly moving from AI experimentation to operational deployment, yet their abilities to secure this transformation vary widely. Commiss... Request to download |
 | Data Security within AI Environments Release Date: 12/03/2025 As organizations adopt large language models, multi-modal AI systems, and agentic AI, traditional safeguards must evolve. This publication provides a comp... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 11/19/2025 The AI Controls Matrix (AICM) provides a foundational security and governance framework for AI service providers and customers. It helps them securely imp... Request to download |
 | Capabilities-Based Risk Assessment (CBRA) for AI Systems Release Date: 11/12/2025 This publication introduces the Capabilities-Based Risk Assessment (CBRA), a structured, scalable approach to evaluating AI risk in enterprise environment... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 07/09/2025 The AI Controls Matrix (AICM) is a first-of-its-kind vendor-agnostic framework for cloud-based AI systems. Organizations can use the AICM to develop, impl... Request to download |
 | Beyond the Hype: A Benchmark Study of AI Agents in the SOC Release Date: 10/06/2025 CSA experts conducted a benchmarking study that evaluated how AI can transform alert investigations in Security Operations Centers (SOCs). Using simulated... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 08/27/2025 Machine learning (ML) is becoming increasingly central to business operations, making the security of ML pipelines essential rather than optional. Machine... Request to download |
 | Analyzing Log Data with AI Models to Meet Zero Trust Principles Release Date: 09/15/2025 Logs are fundamental to Zero Trust. They capture critical details about user activity, device behavior, network traffic, and application access. However, ... Request to download |
 | The State of Cloud and AI Security 2025 Release Date: 09/09/2025 This global survey report, developed in partnership with Tenable, examines how organizations are adapting security strategies for hybrid, multi-cloud, and... Request to download |
 | Agentic AI Identity and Access Management: A New Approach Release Date: 08/18/2025 Agentic AI is pushing the boundaries of automation, autonomy, and decision-making at machine speed. But traditional identity and access management (IAM) p... Request to download |
 | Secure Agentic System Design: A Trait-Based Approach Release Date: 07/30/2025 Thanks to powerful reasoning models, AI agents are making more nuanced decisions and interacting more effectively with their environments. At the same tim... Request to download |
 | Healthcare Confidential Computing and the Trusted Execution Environment Release Date: 07/14/2025 Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) routinely process Protected Health Information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and financial da... Request to download |