{
  "id": 230876,
  "title": "How asset intelligence gives security teams control over AI agents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/how-asset-intelligence-gives-security-teams-control-over-ai-agents",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T17:18:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/06/asset-intelligence-ai-agents-axonius-blackhat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Security teams are embracing asset intelligence to maintain control over AI agents, according to Dean Sysman, co-founder and executive chairman of Axonius Inc. In an interview at Black Hat USA, Sysman explained that traditional assets, such as servers and laptops, are no longer the only factors organizations need to monitor. AI agents, large language models, and prompts have become new categories of assets that can impact multiple systems and behaviors. Axonius has developed two key capabilities: the Axonius MCP Server, which allows external AI tools to access contextual information, and the Axonius AI Agent, which provides native agentic workflows within the product. Sysman emphasized the importance of understanding relationships between assets and how they influence each other, moving organizations from simple visibility to policy enforcement and remediation at scale. The company has been focused on AI-driven remediation and aims to handle millions of vulnerability instances to automate the process. However, Sysman also warned that while asset intelligence enhances resilience, it can also introduce new risks if not properly managed, as demonstrated by the breach involving Hugging Face and an OpenAI Group PBC agent.",
  "summary": "Security teams have spent decades trying to answer a hard question: what’s actually running in our environment? AI agents have made that question harder — they carry identities, touch multiple systems and change behavior based on the access they’re given. That’s pushing asset intelligence, the practice of mapping every device, identity and application an organization […] The post How asset…",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}