Agent authorization is broken — and authentication passing makes it worse (opens in new tab)

Anthony Grieco, Cisco’s SVP and chief security and trust officer, did not hesitate when VentureBeat asked whether rogue agent incidents are reaching Cisco’s customer base."A hundred percent. We see them regularly," Grieco told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview at RSAC 2026. "I've heard some that I can't repeat, but they do get to the places of, you know, agents are doing things that they think are the right things to do."The incidents Grieco described follow a consistent pattern: authenti...