Thinking Cybersecurity: Part I -Foundations and Frameworks CHAPTER 1 THE RISE OF AGENTIC AI IN CYBERSECURITY

Part I defines the structural logic of agentic cybersecurity. It establishes the progression from rule-based automation to adaptive autonomy and finally to bounded agency under governance constraints. Rather than presenting isolated techniques, this section constructs the conceptual framework necessary to understand intelligent security systems as controllable infrastructures. The chapters that follow build the vocabulary, constraints, and formal distinctions required before any discussion of deployment or industrialization can be meaningful.