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Detection Strategies for the Agentic Enterprise

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When to use deterministic rules, behavioral analytics, and hybrid models as more activity runs through legitimate access

Deterministic rules still catch known threats, but as AI agents push more activity through valid credentials, security teams need behavioral analytics and risk prioritization to spot risky deviations inside legitimate access.

AI-enabled applications, copilots, AI agents, and service accounts now run more of the workflows that keep a business moving, and most of that activity uses valid credentials and approved systems. A legitimate login no longer says much about risk, and the added volume puts more pressure on analysts to decide what to investigate first.

This white paper explains where deterministic rules excel, where behavioral analytics adds value, and how a hybrid model combines both with risk scoring and investigation context. It walks through four evaluation scenarios, a seven-dimension evaluation framework, and a seven-step roadmap for building a detection strategy that covers human users, agents, and service accounts.

Key Questions This White Paper Helps You Answer

  • When are deterministic rules the right detection method?
  • How does behavioral analytics surface risk inside legitimate access?
  • What should you verify before assuming your platform can see AI agent activity?
  • How do risk scoring and detection grouping help analysts decide what to investigate first?
  • How should compliance reporting and control evidence fit alongside detection strategy?
  • What steps build a hybrid detection strategy for human users, agents, and service accounts?

How Exabeam Applies a Hybrid Detection Model

New-Scale Fusion pairs rule-based detection for known threats and policy or control violations with Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA) and user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), which baseline human users, agents, and service accounts. Risk-based prioritization brings rule-based and behavioral detections into one queue, and Exabeam Nova AI drafts timelines and surfaces context so analysts can move faster on the cases that need their judgment.

Download the white paper to map your current detections and build a hybrid strategy your security operations team can run.

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