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A Practical Framework for Closing the AI Enforcement Gap

Written by John Martinez | Sep 25, 2026, 6:33:39 PM
What will I learn?
  • Real incidents where autonomous agents escalated privilege with no human in the loop
  • Why agents that inherit a user's full access resurrect the standing-privilege problem you already fixed
  • A framework for auditing what agents can reach and what they've actually done
  • What a defensible AI access record requires beyond a named-approver policy


AI governance moved fast this year. Most organizations now have a written policy for what AI tools and agents are allowed to touch, but enforcing that policy at the moment an agent acts is a different story. That gap is where the real risk lives.

AI agents don't behave like the systems identity programs were built to control. They choose their own path to a goal and can drift outside their intended scope for days before anyone notices. And it's already showing up in production environments.

This webinar breaks down new survey data from IT and security leaders and the employees actually using AI day-to-day, paired with independent analyst perspective on why policy keeps outrunning enforcement, and what closing that gap really takes.

Get answers to these important questions:

  • How do we prove our AI access policy is enforced, not just written?
  • What would it take to authorize an agent at the moment it acts, not just at login?
  • How do we stop an agent from inheriting more access than its task needs?
  • What does a defensible answer look like when someone asks who approved an agent’s access?

Who should attend this webinar?

  • CISOs, CTOs, CIOs, CAIOs and Executive Leadership
  • Compliance and Audit Teams
  • Developers
  • Directors of Information Security, Security & Risk, and Security Operations
  • Identity and Access Management Teams
  • IT Security Professionals
  • Legal Advisors
  • Risk Management Professionals