Copilots primarily assist users; autonomous AI agents can act on their behalf. As agents gain access to cloud applications, APIs, enterprise data, workflows, and privileged tools, traditional application-security controls are no longer enough.

This session examines how enterprise security must evolve for autonomous AI. It presents practical patterns for non-human identity, delegated authority, least-privilege access, policy enforcement, tool governance, behavioral monitoring, human approval, and auditable execution across cloud environments.

Attendees will learn how to define boundaries between AI reasoning and authorized enterprise actions, control what tools an agent can invoke, detect abnormal behavior, reduce blast radius, and maintain traceability across multi-step autonomous workflows. The session will also explore how Zero Trust principles can be extended to agents operating across Microsoft 365, SaaS platforms, APIs, data services, and distributed enterprise systems.

The objective is to provide security and cloud practitioners with a practical framework for evolving from Copilot-era security controls to governance models designed for autonomous digital actors.