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Netskope Unveils 'AgentSkope'

On May 5, 2026, Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK), a pioneer in the latest security and network technologies suitable for the cloud and AI era, announced the launch of Netskope One AgentSkope. This innovative architecture allows organizations to easily deploy and implement Netskope AI agents, automating end-to-end workflows. As a new intelligent layer of the Netskope One platform, AgentSkope enables agent-based operations for security and network teams, effectively streamlining complex operational processes and allowing skilled personnel to focus on strategic initiatives.

Security Operation Centers (SOCs) and Network Operation Centers (NOCs) often face resource shortages, leading to approximately 40% of alerts remaining uninvestigated. AgentSkope addresses these staffing and processing challenges, efficiently maximizing the capabilities of security and network teams while mitigating operational complexities. Notably, this autonomous AI platform not only provides a foundation for quickly and effectively building and deploying AI agents but also maintains uniform security, privacy, and governance controls across the platform, ensuring consistent user experience and oversight of agent utilization.

The Netskope AI agent significantly reduces the time dedicated to manual workflows ranging from policy creation to triage, investigation, and troubleshooting, enabling organizations to swiftly adapt and enhance their defense posture in line with business needs. By 2028, AI agents in cybersecurity are expected to autonomously handle 25% of incident response workflows pertaining to data security incidents, thereby improving the speed and effectiveness of data risk reduction.

The initial release of AgentSkope includes six distinct AI agents, with future updates planned over the coming months:

• - Netskope DLP AISecOps Agent: This groundbreaking solution implements agent-based DLP analysis by mimicking the behaviors of security operation analysts to perform end-to-end data protection workflows. It conducts context-based risk assessments, intelligent triage, investigation, and autonomous risk remediation. This DLP agent integrates workflows for data security analysts, preventing teams from spending excessive time on low-priority incidents, false positives, and duplicate alerts, thereby allowing them to concentrate on addressing critical threats. A leading enterprise utilizing the beta version has analyzed millions of alerts with the DLP AISecOps Agent, automatically archiving them into a handful of cases and completing investigations within minutes, empowering team members to focus on vital matters.

• - Netskope Insider Threat AISecOps Agent: Focused on triaging and analyzing internal threats, this agent combines DLP alerts with user behavior data to identify malicious activities, safeguarding organizations from internal threats.

• - Netskope Private Access AIOps Agent: Automatically auditing settings for Netskope One Private Access, this agent eliminates unused configurations, preventing unnecessary access rights retention. It generates detailed application segments and policies based on user behavior patterns.

• - Netskope DEM Data Intelligence Agent: By transforming detailed telemetry data and raw metrics collected via Digital Experience Management (DEM) into actionable insights through a natural language interactive interface, this agent greatly enhances the efficiency of troubleshooting tasks, enabling rapid identification and resolution of user experience issues.

• - Netskope DEM Insights Agent: By correlating detailed telemetry data, it provides a comprehensive overview of the organization's IT health, uncovering significant incidents and organizational trends that may create performance bottlenecks.

• - Netskope CCI Insights Agent: This agent allows SOC analysts to execute queries in natural language regarding the complex risk attributes and compliance certifications of over 85,000 cloud, AI, and SaaS applications, enabling interactive access to application risk data.

Sanjay Beri, CEO and co-founder of Netskope, commented, “Today’s security and network operations teams are overwhelmed by endless manual triage and repetitive tasks across various tools. This leads not only to significant analyst burnout but also to stagnation in innovation and unaddressed risks. Developed to tackle these issues, AgentSkope exponentially elevates team capabilities. Thanks to AgentSkope's unified architectural foundation, organizations can easily adopt AI agents capable of executing end-to-end workflows, alleviating operational complexities and bottlenecks in in-house development. Our solution dramatically cuts down on manual troubleshooting, allowing skilled staff to focus on strategic initiatives while enabling businesses to adapt and fortify their defenses in line with pace.”

Stuart Walters, Partner and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at BDO UK, remarked, “As the fifth largest accounting and business advisory firm globally, BDO manages vast amounts of data with a complex security and access management infrastructure run by a busy, experienced team. In the UK, we have already leveraged Netskope for data protection, but as we advance further with AI, we expect the scale of challenges to grow, alongside data transfer rates. Agent-based operations will be crucial for our ability to handle the increasing workflows of our security and network operations.”

Pete Finalle, Research Manager for Security & Trust at IDC, stated, “With the expansion of AI adoption, the workload on security and network operations teams continues to increase, placing immense pressure on them. For decades, responses to new security challenges have been consistent: adding tools, features, and complexity. This has resulted in increasing operational burdens and highlighted limits in human resources. With AI accelerating the rapid expansion of threat environments, CIOs and CISOs must invest in agent-based security automation as a means to maximize effectiveness with limited personnel. Triage powered by AI, preparedness for growing modern threats, and adaptation to new AI models and agents can no longer rely on manual efforts.”

Netskope’s AgentSkope, DLP AISecOps, CCI Insights, Private Access AIOps, DEM Data Intelligence, and DEM Insights agents have all entered general availability, while the Insider Threat AISecOps Agent is in private preview stage. For further information, refer to Netskope’s blog, which focuses on use cases for security and network operations.

Netskope will launch its event tour, “AI Fast Lane,” starting May 2026, traveling to 41 cities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the APJ region. We invite you to participate and explore how to leverage AI within your organization without compromising security. An event in Japan is scheduled for the fall of this year, and we will provide more details as they become available.

For insights on trends that are shaping enterprises’ AI adoption, explore the Netskope AI Index for real-time insights.

1 Software Analyst Cyber Research (SACR) survey from 2025
2 Gartner® “Predicts 2026: 4 Forces Reshaping Application and Data Security” (January 8, 2026)

About Netskope

Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) leads the industry with its cutting-edge security and network technology designed for the cloud and AI era. We provide optimized access and real-time context-based security across the entire AI ecosystem, including people, devices, data, agents, applications, tools, and LLMs, catering to the needs of both security and network teams. Thousands of customers, including over 30 Fortune 100 companies, trust and utilize the Netskope One platform, zero-trust engine, and robust NewEdge network. These solutions ensure visibility for all cloud, AI, SaaS, web, and private application usage while reducing security risks and enhancing network performance. For more details, visit netskope.com/jp or Netskope Customers.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, as well as the information currently available. These statements include expectations concerning the growth and adoption of AI agents in cybersecurity and the expected benefits provided to customers through new solutions. Forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ significantly from what is described in this press release due to various factors including the adoption of new AI solutions, the impact of new offerings, and customers’ purchasing decisions. The forward-looking statements contained herein are based on information available to Netskope as of the date hereof, which is subject to change. Furthermore, Netskope does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements based on new information that may become available in the future.