--- title: What’s Holding Back AI Agents? It’s Still Security description: A survey of 800+ developers and decision makers reveals that security is the primary blocker preventing enterprises from scaling AI agents. 40% cite security... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-holding-back-ai-agents-it-s-still-security-puzxpy9hz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s Holding Back AI Agents? It’s Still Security | daily.dev og:description: A survey of 800+ developers and decision makers reveals that security is the primary blocker preventing enterprises from scaling AI agents. 40% cite security... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-holding-back-ai-agents-it-s-still-security-puzxpy9hz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pUzxPY9hZ.png og:image:alt: What’s Holding Back AI Agents? It’s Still Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s Holding Back AI Agents? It’s Still Security **[Docker](https://daily.dev/sources/docker)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A survey of 800+ developers and decision makers reveals that security is the primary blocker preventing enterprises from scaling AI agents. 40% cite security as their top challenge, 45% struggle to ensure tools are secure and enterprise-ready. MCP adoption is widespread (85% familiarity among advanced users) but lacks enterprise-grade security controls, with 46% of early adopters flagging security and compliance as their top MCP challenge. Key concerns include prompt injection, tool poisoning, access control, and runtime isolation. Docker recommends secure-by-default platforms with integrated governance and policy enforcement as the path forward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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