Forbes December 8, 2025
Tony Bradley

Agentic AI has become the phrase everyone is trying to wrap their arms around. It’s showing up in vendor messaging, conference sessions, board slides — you name it. And yet, for many people actually running security programs, the definition shifts depending on who you’re talking to. Sometimes it refers to basic enrichment steps. Other times it suggests something much closer to independent decision-making.

In that fog, security leaders are trying to sort out a basic question: where does agentic AI actually make a meaningful difference, and where is it just a new label on familiar automation?

At its core, agentic AI represents a move away from rigid, step-by-step playbooks toward systems that can interpret context, adjust their approach and manage...

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