Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems increasingly operate across critical infrastructure and defence sectors and support mission-critical capabilities. As agentic AI systems play a growing operational role, it is crucial for defenders to implement security controls to protect national security and critical infrastructure from agentic AI-specific risks.
Agentic AI can automate repetitive, well-defined and low-risk tasks. However, these additional opportunities come with additional risks. Like other AI services, agentic AI can be misused or misappropriated, leading to productivity losses, service disruption, privacy breaches or cyber security incidents. Organisations must therefore anticipate what could go wrong, assess how agentic AI risk scenarios might affect operations and establish ongoing visibility and assurance to maintain confidence in their agentic AI investments.
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Source: Australian Signals Directorate
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