Salt Security 1H 2026 Report: 92% of Organizations Lack Agent Security Maturity, 47% Delayed Production Releases

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Salt Security's survey of 327 security professionals reveals that while enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents at scale, 92% lack the security maturity to defend them. Two-thirds report 50%+ API growth driven by agent automation, 47% have delayed production releases over concerns about securing agent-exposed APIs, and only 23.5% find existing tools effective. Agents are dynamically creating undocumented endpoints and leveraging MCP servers outside security teams' visibility.