With AI agents, that sequence carries consequences it didn’t before. The case for AI agents’ productivity is well documented. Most Security Teams Are Still Thinking About AI Agents the Wrong WayThe default framing is that AI agents are a new tool that needs to be secured like any other tool. That cadence does not work for AI agents, which are evolving rapidly and whose capabilities today may look very different in eighteen months. The organizations that deploy AI agents most successfully will not be the ones moving fastest.