AI Is Turning Tool Sprawl Into a Bigger Cyber Risk

Barracuda's Rohit Ghai on Agent Sprawl and the Need for Safer AI Security Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 27, 2026

The move from tool sprawl to agent sprawl is fundamentally changing the risk profile of cybersecurity. Fragmented tools once produced conflicting information, but fragmented agents now produce conflicting actions, with far greater consequences.

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"We are unleashing largely autonomous capability in cyber without fully understanding where that might go," said Rohit Ghai, CEO at Barracuda. "Before focusing on speed and efficacy, you have to focus on safety and ease of use," especially for organizations that lack the human capacity to absorb added complexity.

Ghai said vendors introducing artificial intelligence-powered security tools must be challenged to demonstrate that their own AI has been hardened against prompt injection, data leakage and shadow AI risks before those tools are deployed ...