When AI Agents Attack: The New Insider Threat

2026 is shaping up to be the year AI agents and automation emerge as a new class of insider threat in the enterprise.

AI copilots, digital workers, and autonomous agents are quietly becoming the new “employees” inside organizations—reading email, touching production systems, moving data, and making decisions at machine speed.

But what happens when those agents are over-privileged, misconfigured, or hijacked by an attacker?

Hosts Shahin Pirooz, WhiteDog founder, and Brian Moody, WhiteDog channel chief, break down how “helpful” automation becomes an insider risk—and share a practical checklist for securing the digital employees already inside your environment.