Your Next Insider Threat Won't Be Human: Securing AI Agents From the Outside In
Rapid7, Monday, October 19th, 2026
Rapid7 argues controls on AI agents must live outside the agent and explains how SOC teams can enforce them.
Rapid7 says AI agents are becoming a new class of privileged user, similar to domain admins and DBAs whom security teams already know how to manage.
It argues that the controls governing an AI agent have to live outside the agent itself.
The post explains how security operations teams can implement and maintain those controls, including identity verification, scoped access and logged activity.
Rapid7 frames agents as a potential insider threat that needs the same mature playbook as trusted humans.