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Insecure Agents

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

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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Software factories are technically possible today, yet almost nobody can is operating one. The security model is what's missing. In one incident a coding agent deleted PocketOS' production database as a side effect of an unrelated fix. In another, a ... more

Andrew Baker, who leads Developer Relations at Temporal, and Cornelia Davis, Principal Technologist at Temporal and author of Cloud Native Patterns, join us from AI Engineer World's Fair to explain why building AI agents keeps re-teaching the industr... more

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Sergey Burykin, Senior Software Engineer on Uber's AI Security team, joins us to explain the agent identity crisis and how Uber solved it while running roughly 1,000 agents in production.

Sergey helped write Uber's article "Solving the Identity Cri... more

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Manoj Nair, CTO and Chief Innovation Officer at Snyk, joins us at Snyk HQ during AI Engineer World's Fair to discuss the architectural decision he argues the next 24 months of agentic security depend on: the generator cannot be the validator.

We ge... more

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Recent Guests

Sergey Burykin
Senior software engineer at Uber, focused on AI security and agent identity
Uber
Episode: Solving the Agent Identity Crisis, with Sergey Burykin (Uber)
Manoj Nair
CTO of Snyk and Chief Innovation Officer
Snyk
Episode: Security Isn't the Brake, It's the Throttle: Snyk CTO Manoj Nair on Securing Agents at Machine Speed
Diana Kelley
CISO of Noma
Noma
Episode: The Shared Security Model for AI Agents: Diana Kelley, CISO of Noma
Guy Podjarny
Founder of Tessl; former founder of Snyk
Tessl
Episode: Skills Are the New Code: How We Secure the Context Our Agents Consume, with Guy Podjarny (Tessl)
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

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

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 22 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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#159
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#127
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#239
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#123
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#55
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#96
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Skills Are the New Code: How We Secure the Context Our Agents Consume, with Guy Podjarny (Tessl)
Q: Besides the Tessl agents, what else is new and upcoming with Tessl?
Tessl is focusing on maturity paths for organizations: securing and governing skills, standardizing and reusing them, and enabling continuous optimization across the skill lifecycle via registries, evals, and governance features.
Skills Are the New Code: How We Secure the Context Our Agents Consume, with Guy Podjarny (Tessl)
Q: Why are skills the new code?
Because we're not just writing code for agents; we're coding the coder itself through contexts, harnesses, and tools that let models interact with the world, making what agents do more deterministic and scalable.
Skills Are the New Code: How We Secure the Context Our Agents Consume, with Guy Podjarny (Tessl)
Q: Guy, would you like to introduce yourself?
A concise career arc: Guy Podjarny is a serial entrepreneur who founded Tessl after leading Snyk, with a passion for software development done right and a pivot toward AI-native development.
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.

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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. Manoj Nair
3. Diana Kelley
4. Guy Podjarny
5. Karl McGuinness
6. David Cramer
7. Herman Errico
8. Malte Ubl

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