Why visibility is the new frontline of cybersecurity

As a result, security operations centers (SOCs) are increasingly relying on AI agents to manage the sheer volume of digital threats. These tools allow teams to quickly detect and remediate security incidents, significantly reducing the time it takes to stop a live attack, says Michelle Abraham, senior research director in the Security and Trust Group at International Data Corporation.

Overcome blind spots

The ability for AI agents to observe all relevant data, agent actions and system states in real time – with few blind spots – is a basic requirement, Abraham continues. This includes visibility to correlate signals across domains such as identity, endpoint, network, cloud and SaaS.

“AI agents do not require blind spot visibility to detect lateral movements, privilege escalation and multi-stage attacks and provide verifiable, explainable and reversible actions,” she says.

“When agents rely on fragmented data and control planes, they sometimes work…