Agent-Aware Security in the Era of SaaS Autonomy

Whitepaper • August 2025

TL;DR

Within the next 24 months, over 70% of SaaS security incidents will involve non‑human agents, yet fewer than 10% of enterprises have controls to stop them. SaaS‑native agents, AI copilots, and workflow automations now act autonomously—escalating privileges, accessing sensitive data, and making decisions without continuous human oversight. Traditional SSPM, CASB, and IAM tools were designed for human identities and static configurations, not for dynamic, autonomous agents.

ClarioSec introduces Agent‑Aware Security: a governance layer that continually discovers agents, computes drift‑aware risk scores, and enforces policy in real time, with audit‑grade explanations mapped to SOC 2, GDPR, AI Act, and ISO/IEC 42001. The whitepaper defines the category, details compliance mapping, and presents CISO/SOC/auditor use cases that translate directly into runtime guardrails and evidence.

Source: ClarioSec Whitepaper, “Agent‑Aware Security in the Era of SaaS Autonomy.” See Executive Summary and sections “Why Legacy Approaches Fail” and “Compliance Alignment.”