Analysis
AI Agent Sprawl: The New Shadow IT Problem CISOs Can't Ignore
First reported · Discovered plurilock.com
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Earliest dated coverage: 16 Sep 2026 · First observed: 7 Oct 2026 · Latest dated coverage: 16 Sep 2026
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Why it matters
AI agent sprawl expands the attack surface with autonomous, credential-holding software that security teams cannot see or govern, a growing concern for defenders tracking agentic risk.
Plurilock blog post by Aron Hsiao argues that autonomous AI agents are proliferating across enterprises as a new form of shadow IT, creating governance risks because agents take actions, accumulate over-provisioned credentials and tokens, and chain together in ways that are hard to audit. The piece cites Gartner adoption projections and discusses how low-code builders enable unsanctioned agents.