# Survey Finds AI Agent Confidence Outpaces Production Controls

DevFeed: [Survey Finds AI Agent Confidence Outpaces Production Controls](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/confidence-in-ai-agents-don-t-match-controls-13488.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.harness.io/blog/the-ai-agent-confidence-gap>)

Author: Keith Mann

Published: 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Harness Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/harness-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [MCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

A survey of 700 organizations running AI agents found that confidence in testing, security, inventory, cost, and rollback ranged from 74% to 77%, while the controls supporting those claims were often absent. The largest gap was in security: 75% reported end-to-end confidence, but only 23% had a dedicated AI-agent security layer in production.

## Source excerpt

A survey of 700 organizations reveals a dangerous gap between confidence in AI agents and the controls needed to test, secure, track, and roll them back. | Blog