FS organizations often treat AI agents as just another workload, but this neglects necessary guardrails and elevates risk across systems.

The core problem is access control: granting broad, least-privilege violations leads to far higher incident rates, not the AI technology itself.

FS's role as an early adopter means its handling of AI today will shape practices across other industries, making getting it right crucial to set a positive blueprint.

AI agents create a major security blind spot in a sector that already has the highest rate of AI-related incidents across industries.

To mitigate risk, FS must enforce strong access controls and guardrails so AI agents operate within narrow, well-defined permissions.

Because AI agents act autonomously and at machine speed, excessive permissions can rapidly amplify risk, causing data exposure, financial loss, regulatory breaches, and damage to customer trust.