Your API Security Wasn’t Built for AI Agents

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The episode discusses the impact of AI agents on enterprise cybersecurity and the challenges they pose for API security.

Podcast: The Security Strategist podcast Guest: Eric Schwake, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Salt Security Host: Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech Journalist Adopting enterprise AI is often seen as a productivity boost. However, a subtler change is happening behind the scenes, and security leaders are still trying to understand it. Enterprises now not only optimise AI tools but are also bringing autonomous agents into their workplaces. “We would call AI agents an additional workforce that enterprises are deploying,” says Eric Schwake, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Salt Security . The description is more literal than it seems. These agents can access systems, interact with data, and perform multi-step tasks with little human input. Unlike employees, they lack intuition and caution. In the recent episode of The Security Strategist podcast , Schwake sat down with Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech Journalist to discuss AI agents, shadow AI, and API security challenges are transforming enterprise cybersecurity. Schwake explains how to secure autonomous AI systems at scale today. Has AI Surpassed Experimentation Across Enterprises? AI is no longer in…

People in this episode

Host: Shubhangi Dua

Guest: Eric Schwake

Topics covered

• API security
• AI agents
• enterprise cybersecurity
• shadow AI
• autonomous systems

Keywords

• API security
• AI agents
• cybersecurity
• enterprise AI
• shadow AI
• autonomous systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salt Security, NVIDIA

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