12:45 - 13:15 Data & AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Theatre
From AI Adoption to Agent Sprawl: Governing the Enterprise Agent Estate
Wednesday 14th October 2026
About
Enterprise AI is moving beyond individual copilots and chat interfaces. Organisations are increasingly introducing AI agents that can access data, connect to tools and take actions across business systems.
As adoption grows, so does the governance challenge. Organisations need visibility into which agents exist, who owns them, what identities and permissions they use, what data and systems they can access, and how their actions are monitored and controlled.
This session looks at the practical security and governance questions that emerge as AI adoption becomes agent adoption, from discovery and ownership through identity, access, lifecycle, oversight and accountability.
Using practical enterprise examples, it will show how organisations can move from fragmented AI experimentation towards a governed and secure enterprise agent estate, while still enabling AI adoption to scale.
Takeaways:
- Understand how growing AI agent adoption changes the enterprise governance and risk landscape.
- Identify the key questions around agent visibility, identity, ownership, permissions, data access and actions.
- Understand the security and governance controls needed across the agent lifecycle.
- Take away a practical approach for moving from agent sprawl towards a governed enterprise agent estate.
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