Gartner Inaugural AI Agent Report: 42% Plan Deployment Within 12 Months, 86% of CISOs Don't Enforce Agent Access Policies

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Gartner released its first-ever AI agent report showing 42% of companies intend to deploy agents within 12 months, but predicts over 40% of these projects will fail by end of 2027 due to cost and security challenges. The critical finding: 86% of CISOs don't enforce access policies for AI agents, and only 5% believe they could contain a compromised agent — a massive governance gap.