AvePoint, a provider of data security, governance and resilience services, has launched AgentPulse Command Center, an AI agent registry designed to enable organizations to track AI agents in one place. It’s intended to increase security and cost efficiency as security threats and expenses associated with agentic AI rise, the company said.
“As organizations rapidly deploy AI agents to drive productivity, they’re discovering that these powerful tools introduce significant security and data governance challenges that legacy IT controls weren’t designed to address,” said Jeremy Thake, chief architect for AvePoint. “As part of the Confidence Platform, AgentPulse delivers comprehensive visibility so IT and security teams can confidently scale agentic AI and further innovation, without compromising data security or racking up extra costs.”
According to AvePoint research, 75 percent of organizations that use AI have experienced a data breach in the last year, while Gartner has predicted that 40 percent of agentic AI projects could be abandoned by the end of 2027 due to inadequate risk controls and related challenges, officials said.
AgentPulse is designed to solve these issues by giving organizations visibility into the security posture of agentic AI tools, showing them which AI agents are most active, who is using them and what sensitive files they can access—all in an integrated view. If an oversharing instance is identified, organizations can rectify the problem directly within the AvePoint Confidence Platform, the company said.
By highlighting high activity AI agents, including those generating frequent interactions or accessing large amounts of data, organizations also can better understand where agents may be driving costs, thus allowing them to review, adjust or remove unnecessary AI agents to avoid unexpected charges, officials said.
“The financial implications of unmanaged agentic AI extend far beyond licensing costs,” said John Peluso, CTO for AvePoint. “Without dedicated oversight, organizations can quickly find themselves with unexpected charges from high-activity AI agents, storage costs from redundant or obsolete data accessed by AI agents, and the potentially catastrophic expense of a data breach. AgentPulse transforms AI governance from a reactive cost center into a proactive business enabler, helping organizations optimize their AI investments while maintaining the security posture their stakeholders demand.”
The AgentPulse release adds more AI governance features and visibility across multiple AI agent types including Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio and Copilot Studio Lite, SharePoint, Azure AI Foundry, ISV Store and more, the company said.
