Nvidia's agentic AI stack is the first major platform to ship with security at launch, but governance gaps remain

For the first time on a major AI platform release, security shipped at launch — not bolted on 18 months later. At Nvidia GTC this week, five security vendors announced protection for Nvidia's agentic AI stack, four with active deployments, one with validated early integration.The timing reflects how fast the threat has moved: 48% of cybersecurity professionals rank agentic AI as the top attack vector heading into 2026. Only 29% of organizations feel fully ready to deploy these technologies securely. Machine identities outnumber human employees 82 to 1 in the average enterprise. And IBM’s 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index documented a 44% surge in attacks exploiting public-facing applications, accelerated by AI-enabled vulnerability scanning.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the case from t