VentureBeat Three-Wave Survey: 70% of Enterprises Cannot Stop Stage-Three AI Agent Threats
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A VentureBeat three-wave survey of 108 enterprises found unauthorized tool/data access is the most feared agent failure mode, growing from 42% in January to 50% in March 2026. Only 21% have runtime visibility into agent actions. The share reporting flat AI security budgets doubled from 7.9% to 16% in two months. McKinsey's complementary 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey pegs the average enterprise at 2.3/4.0, with 70% not having completed the transition to stage-three (sandboxed execution) security architecture.