Threats are evolving faster than security teams can keep up
According to the Global Cyber Outlook Report 2026 from the World Economic Forum, developed in collaboration with Accenture, nearly nine out of ten organizations view AI-related vulnerabilities as the fastest-growing risk. Attackers are accelerating their methods with AI, while security teams often still rely on manual processes.
"Threats are moving faster than many organizations can keep up with," says Rob Knigge, Country Managing Director of Accenture Netherlands. "Cyber.AI helps companies automate security tasks and make decisions more consistently and quickly."
Automation of analysis, detection, and decision-making
Cyber.AI combines Accenture's library of specialized agents with Claude's reasoning capabilities. The solution supports automated workflows for analysis, detection, and decision-making and provides real-time oversight of autonomous AI agents through Agent Shield.
Additionally, the platform protects identities, systems, and applications and operates within existing security and IT environments. Agent Shield adds governance and control, allowing autonomous agents to operate within established policy and risk frameworks.
Practical applications and internal deployment
The solution is already being applied in various sectors. A global agricultural company used Cyber.AI to accelerate identity management and make platform migrations more predictable. This automates complex processes and strengthens digital resilience.
Accenture also uses Cyber.AI internally for the security of 1,600 applications and over 500,000 APIs. The solution automates a large portion of the testing and control work that is normally done manually. As a result, the turnaround time for security scans decreased from several days to less than an hour. At the same time, a much larger portion of the systems was checked: test coverage increased from about 10% to over 80%.
AI as the foundation for modern security operations
"Cybersecurity requires AI that can analyze large amounts of data, act autonomously within complex workflows, and operate under strict governance," says Michael Moore, Head of Cybersecurity Products at Anthropic. "That is what Claude was developed for, and that is why we see security operations as one of the most impactful applications of agentic AI. Accenture is now scaling that in some of the world's most complex organizations."
"As AI is deployed more broadly, organizations are facing a fragmented cybersecurity landscape due to the rapid growth of non-human identities and autonomous agents," says Craig Robinson, Research Vice President at IDC. "To keep up, organizations need to be able to coordinate and scale agents across their entire security environment. With Cyber.AI, Accenture and Anthropic help organizations modernize their security operations with targeted, on-demand agentic AI security, changing the way security teams work."
This approach creates a more cohesive and future-proof security architecture. Security teams gain better visibility over their digital environment and can respond to threats more quickly and consistently.