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Insecure Agents

Allie Howe
AI Security
Netlify
Openai
Pipecat
Claude
Daytona
AI Agents
Promptfoo
FGA
Agentic
Corridor
Context Graphs
Enterprise AI
Workos
Momo
Daly
Latency
Multimodal
Kubernetes
Convex

Insecure Agents lives at the intersection of AI engineering and security. Stay ahead of the curve with expert insights, real-world incidents, and bold ideas for safer agents.

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David Cramer, CPO and co-founder of Sentry, joins us to cut through the agent hype with a working engineer's skepticism: the model is rarely what holds agents back. The harness you build around it is. We get into the Railway incident, where a coding ... more

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Herman Errico, Product Manager for Technical Research at Vanta, joins us to discuss AARM (Autonomous Action Runtime Management), the spec he created to define a brand-new security category for agents that take real actions, not just generate text. We... more

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Malte Ubl, CTO at Vercel, joins us to discuss deepsec, Vercel's open-source AI security harness designed to scan entire codebases for vulnerabilities using coding agents like Claude and Codex. We explore why software engineering is shifting from prog... more

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Sunil Agrawal, CISO at Glean and one of the authors of the AWARE Framework, joins us to discuss the new guide for governing generative and agentic AI he co-authored with Palo Alto Networks and Databricks. This framework gives CISOs a much needed play... more

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Recent Guests

Mark Dorsi
CISO at Netlify, startup security expert
Netlify
Episode: Ep. 30 How Security Changes When Most Product Users are Agents (Mark Dorsi, RSAC)
Kyle Bhiro
Co-founder of Pensar
Pensar
Episode: Ep. 29 From Point-in-Time Audits to Continuous Testing: AI’s Role in Transforming AppSec (Kyle Bhiro and Josh Kotrous, RSAC)
Josh Kotrous
CTO of Pensar
Pensar
Episode: Ep. 29 From Point-in-Time Audits to Continuous Testing: AI’s Role in Transforming AppSec (Kyle Bhiro and Josh Kotrous, RSAC)
Ian Webster
CEO and co-founder of Promptfoo
Promptfoo (acquired by OpenAI)
Episode: Ep. 28 OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo (Ian Webster, RSAC)
Alex Stamos
Chief Product Officer at Corridor
Corridor
Episode: Ep. 27 The AI-Driven Kill Chain and the Coming Bug Apocalypse (Alex Stamos, RSAC)
Animesh Koratana
Founder and CEO of PlayerZero
PlayerZero
Episode: Ep. 26 Context Graphs with Animesh Koratana, CEO of PlayerZero
Aaron Tainter
Engineering leader/creator of FGA product launch
WorkOS
Episode: Ep. 25 Pavan Kulkarni and Aaron Tainter, WorkOS FGA Launch
Pavan Kulkarni
Engineering manager on the Enterprise team
WorkOS
Episode: Ep. 25 Pavan Kulkarni and Aaron Tainter, WorkOS FGA Launch
James Cowling
CTO and co-founder of Convex
Convex
Episode: Ep. 24 James Cowling, Co-Founder and CTO of Convex

Host

Allie Howe
Host with deep involvement in security and AI tooling discussions, frequently guiding conversations around agentic security and enterprise-grade guardrails.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • A grounded AI podcast

    Been listening to Insecure Agents for a while now. Feels like one of the few AI podcasts that’s actually grounded in how products and people will change - not just hype. Really thoughtful conversation throughout.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Lilliethepibble
    United Statesa month ago

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Practical, not hype-driven—great for teams building AI agents.
Grounded AI insights that connect product impact with security realities.
Strong focus on enterprise applicability and guardrails.
Guest roster offers deep expertise in AI security and tooling.

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#21
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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Ep. 28 OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo (Ian Webster, RSAC)
Q: Is Open Source still available? What's the future look like for people that want to try Promptfoo?
Open Source remains active and maintained; the best way to try Promptfoo is via promptfoo.dev with ongoing community involvement on GitHub and Discord for collaboration and contributions.
Ep. 28 OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo (Ian Webster, RSAC)
Q: Ian, would you like to introduce yourself?
Ian describes himself as co-founder and CEO of Promptfoo, the original author, with a background in open source tooling and a focus on red teaming, evals, and guardrails that helped Promptfoo gain traction.
Ep. 26 Context Graphs with Animesh Koratana, CEO of PlayerZero
Q: How should enterprises approach security and governance of these graphs, especially regarding agent identity and access control?
Enterprises must treat security as foundational, not optional. This includes establishing agent identities, mapping governance to the decision graph's optics, and implementing context-aware authorization. Agents should inherit or be granted access based on their role and the specific decision context, with clear audit trails showing what was accessed and why, to maintain trust and control as agents perform work across the organization.
Ep. 26 Context Graphs with Animesh Koratana, CEO of PlayerZero
Q: What is a Context Graph, exactly, in practical terms, and what kind of artifacts does it consist of (files, schemas, etc.)?
A Context Graph is a representation of the decision dynamics for a function or group within an enterprise. It centers on decision traces—the sequence of events, conversations, and contextual factors that lead to a particular outcome—rather than merely the final result. In practice, it involves a structured approach to capturing the workflow, conversations, decisions, and related artifacts that explain why a decision was made, enabling agents to operate with similar context.
Ep. 18 Kikimora Morozova, AI Security Researcher, Trail of Bits
Q: Could you tell us more about what that research entailed and what an image scaling attack is?
Image scaling attacks exploit the image pre-processing stage of AI systems; by perturbing how an image is downscaled, attackers can induce the model to see and act on manipulated content, enabling prompt injection or backdoors even when the human observer sees a benign image.

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A tech-forward show that sits at the intersection of AI engineering and security, with frequent deep dives into agent-based workflows, secure-by-design architectures, and enterprise-grade guardrails. Episodes often center on how AI agents change software delivery, security practices, and operational paradigms at scale, featuring practitioners and leaders from security, AI tooling, and platform companies. Notable strengths include practical, hands-on discussions about real-world deployments, governance, and the evolving landscape of agent-enabled environments, making it valuable for engineers, security teams, and product leaders exploring safer AI-enabled systems.

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2. Kyle Bhiro
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4. Ian Webster
5. Alex Stamos
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7. Aaron Tainter
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