Cisco research: AI agents create new cyber skills gaps

Cisco has announced new findings from the AI Workforce Consortium’s latest report, AI Agents and the Impact on Cybersecurity , examining how agentic AI is reshaping cybersecurity roles and the skills security professionals need as humans and AI agents increasingly work alongside one another. The report finds that 49% of security leaders say hands-on experience working with AI agents is among the hardest competencies to find in entry-level cybersecurity candidates, alongside technical cybersecuri