Cybersecurity definition
What is Agentic AI?
By Cyber Tool Stack Editorial TeamUpdated
Definition
An AI system that can plan and take actions through tools, APIs, data sources, or other agents, creating security consequences beyond simply generating text or images.
Where Agentic AI fits in the security landscape
These beginner lessons use this term while explaining the surrounding security control.
Related cybersecurity terms
Prompt InjectionAn attack in which untrusted instructions supplied directly by a user or indirectly through retrieved content attempt to override an AI application's intended instructions, policy, or tool-use boundaries.AI SecurityThe discipline of identifying, testing, governing, and reducing security risks in machine-learning models, generative-AI applications, and autonomous agents across their development and operating lifecycle.