Commvault-backed IDC survey finds 90% of IT leaders seek identity-management upgrades to curb agentic AI risks

• Commvault-backed IDC research found 90% of 539 North American IT leaders see identity management as a key gap in agentic AI deployments.
• Survey flagged rising non-human identities with always-on access as a growing risk; 58.7% want major improvements or a full overhaul.
• Only 26.7% reported dynamic RBAC for AI analytics; 24.7% had documented, tested Active Directory and Entra ID recovery capabilities.
• Cyber readiness pressure remains high, with about 85% reporting a prior cyber incident; 57.7% have not defined a minimum viable business.
• IDC outlined Resilience Operations as an emerging operating model; a related cyber readiness assessment tool is slated for release in coming months.

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