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Insecure Agents

Allie Howe
AI Security
AI Agents
Browserbase
Claude
Daytona
Netlify
Pipecat
Openai
MCP
Aoauth
OWASP Agents Top 10
Empathic
AARM
Certified Patches
Security
Promptfoo
FGA
Aauth
Dick Hardt
Software Supply Chain

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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AAuth Night: Moving Beyond OAuth was an AI Engineer Side Event during World's Fair on July 1st 2026.

We explored the challenges with agent auth today, the best practices available today, and future solutions such as new protocols like AAuth that are... more

OAuth, JWTs, and API keys were built for humans and servers, not agents that act on your behalf, chain tasks across tools, and decide what they need at runtime. As AI engineers are shipping agents into production they begin to feel the problems with ... more

Guy Podjarny built Snyk into the company that taught developers to secure their dependencies. Now, with Tessl, he argues that agent skills have become a new unit of software, one that deserves the same rigor we give source code. Guy Podjarny, founder... more

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Every SaaS app an enterprise connects to stands up its own OAuth stack of long-lived grants the enterprise can't see or revoke. Karl McGuinness, author of ID-JAG and past Chief Product Architect at Okta, calls these "OAuth islands," and agents turn t... more

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Recent Guests

Karl McGuinness
Former Chief Product Architect at Okta
Okta
Episode: The Grant Behind Enterprise Managed Auth for Claude: ID-JAG with Karl McGuinness (ex-Okta)
David Cramer
CPO at Sentry and co-founder of Sentry
Sentry
Episode: It's the Harness, Not the Model: David Cramer, CPO of Sentry, on Agents, Expectations vs Reality
Herman Errico
Product Manager at Vanta and creator of ARM (agentic runtime security framework)
Vanta
Episode: From Spec to Standard: How AARM Became the Conformance Bar for Agent Runtime Security, with Herman Errico (Vanta, AARM))
Malte Ubl
CTO of Vercel, discusses DeepSec security harness
Vercel
Episode: Self-Driving Infrastructure Starts with Security: Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, on Vercel's New deepsec Security Harness
Sunil Agrawal
CISO at Glean; co-author of the AWARE framework
Glean
Episode: Governing AI Agents Means Governing Intent: The AWARE Framework with Sunil Agrawal, CISO of Glean
Damian Schenkelman
VP of Research and Development at Auth0 (Auth0 Lab); involved in FGA.dev, OpenFGA, auth0.ai
Auth0/Okta
Episode: Auth Is Hard (And Agents Make It Harder) with Damian Schenkelman, Auth0
Dick Hardt
Co-founder of the OpenID Foundation; built OAuth 2.0 and JWT, now discussing Aauth
OpenID Foundation
Episode: AAuth: Moving Beyond OAuth and the Future of Agent Auth
Geoff Huntley
Founder of the Ralph Wiggum Loop; educator and developer advocate
Latent Patterns / Ralph Wiggum Loop
Episode: Ep. 32 Hyper-personalized Software and Software Factories with Geoff Huntley @ Daytona Compute
Sherwood Callaway
Founder and CEO of Sazabi, AI native observability platform
Sazabi
Episode: Ep. 31 Sandboxes, the Infrastructure Underneath, and What that Means for Your Security Posture @ Daytona Compute

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 9 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
    5
    Lilliethepibble
    United States2 months 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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#33
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#245
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#75
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#80
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#106
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#114
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Ep. 11 Steve Vandenburg, AI Security Architect at Cotiviti
Q: Steve, would you like to introduce yourself?
Steve describes his role as an AI security architect who focuses on governance, processes, and interaction with engineers, not just the technical security pieces.
Ep. 9 Ian Livingstone, Co-Founder & CEO of Keycard
Q: Ian, would you like to introduce yourself?
Ian Livingstone introduces himself as the CEO and co-founder of Keycard Labs, explains the company's mission to fix machine identity and rethink auth for AI agents, and shares the team's background including co-founders who previously worked at Sneak/Heroku and Auth0/Okta.
Ep. 8 John Sotiropoulos, Co-Lead of OWASP ASI and Head of AI Security at Kainos
Q: Can the Agentic Top 10 be a good starting point for teams just beginning their AI security journey?
Yes. The Top 10 acts as a practical gateway that distills high-level concepts into concise, actionable steps, helping teams frame their security approach and connect it to broader resources like the LLM Top 10 and mitigation guides.
Ep. 8 John Sotiropoulos, Co-Lead of OWASP ASI and Head of AI Security at Kainos
Q: Why is the Agentic Top 10 a better starting point than just the Top 10 for LLMs in this space?
Agentic expands on the LLM Top 10 to cover broader, more dynamic threats and use cases unique to agentic applications, providing concrete, actionable guidance rather than a narrow set of vulnerabilities. It integrates threats with mitigations and focuses on practical adoption rather than theoretical completeness.
One Harness, Zero Standing Secrets: Derek Meegan (Browserbase) on Building bb
Q: Derek, do you want to introduce yourself?
I'm Derek, a software engineer at Browsersbase, and I helped build BB—the internal agent that automates debugging and other workflows inside our org.

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2. David Cramer
3. Herman Errico
4. Malte Ubl
5. Sunil Agrawal
6. Damian Schenkelman
7. Dick Hardt
8. Geoff Huntley

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