AI Agents & Reasoning• Published on July 7, 2026

Security and Privacy in Agentic AI: Grand Challenges and Future Directions

Adam JenkinsAgnieszka KitkowskaCaterina MaidhofDiego ParacuellosFrancesco SovranoGonzalo Gabriel MendezGuillermo Suarez-TangilHana KopeckaIsabel WagnerIsabel BarberaJavier Carnerero-CanoJide EduJose Luis Martin-NavarroJose SuchJosep Domingo-FerrerJuan Carlos CarrilloKopo Marvin RamokapaneMark CotePablo VellosilloRamon Ruiz-DolzRongjun MaRuba Abu-SalmaSameer PatilWilliam SeymourXiao Zhan

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.