As enterprises accelerate their AI journey, Agentic AI is emerging as a true game-changer, autonomously executing complex workflows and driving operational efficiency like never before. In this exclusive interview, Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO Worldwide at CrowdStrike, discusses how this next-generation AI is reshaping cybersecurity, leading adoption across critical industries, and the governance strategies CIOs must adopt to integrate these systems safely and effectively into their digital roadmaps.
Q: How do you see the rise of Agentic AI, and what sets it apart from conventional AI in enterprise cases?
A: Agentic AI represents a significant advancement in enterprise AI capabilities. Traditional GenAI remains reactive, requiring human prompts to initiate tasks. Agentic AI delivers autonomous execution of complex multi-step processes, acting independently to deliver real-time results with consistency and intelligence that traditional automation cannot match.
This technology enables organisations to move beyond assisted workflows to fully autonomous operations. CrowdStrike's Charlotte AI Detection Triage exemplifies this capability, autonomously validating and prioritising threats with over 98% accuracy, saving security teams up to 40 hours per week in manual alert triage.
Q: Which major verticals are leading the adoption of Agentic AI and why?
A: Finance, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, and retail sectors are driving early adoption of agentic AI due its transformative impact on operational efficiency and response speed. These industries handle high-volume, time-sensitive operations where autonomous decision-making delivers immediate value.
Security remains paramount when deploying these AI systems. AI-native, unified security platforms provide trusted agentic AI capabilities that reason, prioritise, and act across identity, endpoint, and cloud data in real-time with machine-speed.
Q: What cybersecurity risks or governance concerns do you foresee with Agentic AI deployments?
A: CrowdStrike's 2025 Threat Hunting Report reveals AI systems expand organisational attack surfaces, with autonomous workflows and non-human identities becoming high-value targets for adversary exploitation. Attackers targeting AI tools can gain unauthorized access, establish persistence, harvest credentials, and deploy malware or ransomware.
As AI becomes central to business operations, securing AI tools and models becomes critical. Adversaries increasingly seek to weaponise AI workloads as insider threats.
Enterprises need comprehensive security frameworks for AI deployments. AI technology must operate within clearly defined parameters that frame responses and enforce human escalation when necessary. These guardrails must also align with organisational risk tolerance, operational protocols, and regulatory compliance requirements while maintaining explainable actions.
Q: One piece of advice you’d offer to CIOs planning to integrate Agentic AI into their digital roadmap?
A: Organisations must secure AI deployments through proactive monitoring of integrations, protection against model tampering, and misconfiguration detection. AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) provides comprehensive visibility and protection for AI models by detecting misconfigurations and identifying vulnerabilities.
Solutions like Falcon Shield secure AI agents across the SaaS stack by providing agent visibility, mapping agents to human creators, detecting risky behaviour, and enabling automatic threat containment within unified security platforms.
Specialist services focused on AI integration and systems security deliver significant value. Services like CrowdStrike's AI Systems Security Assessment and AI for SecOps Readiness provide complete visibility of AI deployments, threat-informed testing of AI models and systems, actionable governance approaches, and help security teams safely implement AI to operate at machine-speed in detection, investigation, and response.
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First Job: Network Consultant, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo (Italy).
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