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New Booz Allen Survey Finds Federal Agencies Are Accelerating Agentic AI Adoption Despite Significant Trust and Security Gaps

$BAHPress releaseJul 21, 2026, 11:00 AM ETRead the release

Booz Allen's survey of 105 federal IT and cybersecurity decision makers reveals that 58% of agencies have deployed or are piloting agentic AI, yet only 28% express high confidence in secure deployment. Concerns regarding AI-enabled cyber threats are prevalent, with 79% of respondents reporting they are very or extremely concerned about adversaries using AI to accelerate attacks over the next 12 to 18 months.

Key figures

Ai threat concern
79%
Survey respondents
105
Ai agent adoption rate
58%
Preparedness ai defenses
31%
Defense pacing confidence
36%
Secure deployment confidence
28%

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