Signal Everest Group is cited for 90% of enterprises adopting agent governance frameworks within 18 months

Summary

NTT DATA cites Everest Group, drawing on a 2025 webinar on AI safety, for a forecast on governance of AI agents. According to the figure, 90 percent of enterprises will be adopting agent governance frameworks within 18 months. The report reads this as evidence that continuous monitoring is taking the place of periodic validation. It also expects trust stacks to emerge as a standard part of enterprise architecture. The forecast appears among the adoption signals for trustworthy intelligence, where financial services, healthcare, the public sector and digital platforms are named as leading sectors. It implies that governing agents will quickly become a mainstream requirement rather than a specialist concern.