Key facts
- Akamai's Agent Sandbox uses WebAssembly to isolate AI agent code.
- Palo Alto Networks expects AI agents to grow 85% in the next 12 months.
- 79 out of 109 machine identities per human are AI agents, according to a Palo Alto Networks survey.
Akamai has launched beta versions of Agent Sandbox and Akamai Inference, services designed to provide a secure environment for AI agents to operate and run code. This move addresses the growing cybersecurity concerns surrounding agentic AI, where software agents can perform actions like logging into accounts, writing code, and moving money, creating new avenues for abuse by malicious actors or the agents themselves. A survey by Palo Alto Networks indicated a significant proliferation of AI agents, with an average of 79 AI agents for every human identity, underscoring the urgent need for robust security measures.