Top 7 agentic AI use cases for cybersecurity
October 29, 2025 – Published on CSO Online
Agentic AI promises to revolutionize a wide range of IT operations and services, including cybersecurity. While the technology, which accomplishes specific tasks with no human supervision, may seem intimidating to some CISOs, a growing number of cybersecurity leaders are discovering that agentic AI is less complex and easier to deploy than they initially believed.
AI can process massive volumes of data continuously without experiencing fatigue, making it ideal for monitoring environments where human attention would eventually taper off. Additionally, AI’s ability to respond in real-time means it can act much faster than humans, helping to reduce the blast radius of an attack or minimize the time a threat remains undetected.
AI agents can also be used to automate common and repetitive help desk tasks, such as provisioning access to applications or troubleshooting authentication issues, freeing team members to respond quickly to requests that may not be as straightforward, says Ed Dunnahoe, vice president of innovation at cybersecurity services firm GuidePoint Security.
“In the context of infrastructure, agents may also be able to speed-up the process of performing root cause analysis by parsing system logs more quickly, correlating results across data sources, and giving human engineers a major head start on their investigation,” he adds.
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