Security and privacy in agentic AI : grand challenges and future directions

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Jenkins, Adam and Kitkowska, Agnieszka and Maidhof, Caterina and Paracuellos, Diego and Sovrano, Francesco and Méndez, Gonzalo Gabriel and Suarez-Tangil, Guillermo and Kopecka, Hana and Wagner, Isabel and Barbera, Isabel and Carnerero-Cano, Javier and Edu, Jide and Martin-Navarro, Jose Luis and Such, Jose and Domingo-Ferrer, Josep and Carrillo, Juan Carlos and Ramokapane, Kopo Marvin and Coté, Mark and Vellosillo, Pablo and Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon and Ma, Rongjun and Abu-Salma, Ruba and Patil, Sameer and Seymour, William and Zhan, Xiao (2026) Security and privacy in agentic AI : grand challenges and future directions. Other. arXiv. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.06608)

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Abstract

We present key challenges and future research directions in the security and privacy of agentic AI, based on a horizon-scanning exercise that brought together thirty leading international experts from academia, industry, and government to engage in focused discussions and collaborative exercises on the emerging risks associated with the growing agency of AI.

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Jenkins, Adam, Kitkowska, Agnieszka, Maidhof, Caterina, Paracuellos, Diego, Sovrano, Francesco, Méndez, Gonzalo Gabriel, Suarez-Tangil, Guillermo, Kopecka, Hana, Wagner, Isabel, Barbera, Isabel, Carnerero-Cano, Javier, Edu, Jide ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1325-8740, Martin-Navarro, Jose Luis, Such, Jose, Domingo-Ferrer, Josep, Carrillo, Juan Carlos, Ramokapane, Kopo Marvin, Coté, Mark, Vellosillo, Pablo, Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon, Ma, Rongjun, Abu-Salma, Ruba, Patil, Sameer, Seymour, William and Zhan, Xiao;
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