Camellia Chan, CEO and Co-Founder of X-PHY, discusses how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is making it easier for AI agents to plug into enterprise apps and operate with elevated permissions—creating new opportunities for attacks and data exfiltration. She explains how X-PHY’s hardware-enforced monitoring and detection sit beyond the OS trust boundary to enforce immutable limits on what agents can do and stop threats before data is lost, so organizations can adopt agentic AI with confidence.
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To illustrate the speed of scaling and attack surface: Since Anthropic open sourced MCP in late 2024, Anthropic itself published data that demonstrates how fast the ecosystem has scaled, reaching 10,000+ active servers and ~97M monthly SDK downloads within 1 year. Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/donating-the-model-context-protocol-and-establishing-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation
Security leaders looking to deploy AI agents safely can request a demo or briefing with X-PHY at https://securityweekly.com/xphyrsac or visit our us at RSA at Booth 5256.
Read the interview summary from SC Media here: X-PHY’s Camellia Chan on hardware-enforced security for the age of AI agents
- 0:00 - Intro – RSAC 2026 Interview with X-PHY CEO
- 0:31 - What is X-PHY? Hardware-Based Cybersecurity Explained
- 01:16 - How Hardware Stops Zero-Day Attacks & Human Error
- 01:32 - AI Inside SSD: Detecting Ransomware at the Hardware Level
- 02:16 - Server Defender: Monitoring All 7 Layers of Infrastructure
- 03:11 - Why Software Security Can Be Bypassed
- 03:21 - Hardware vs Software Security: Key Differences
- 03:43 - AI for Anomaly Detection in Endpoints & Servers
- 04:16 - MCP Explained – “USB for AI”
- 06:09 - Why MCP is Powerful (and Risky)
- 07:08 - X-PHY + MCP: Hardware Meets AI Security
- 08:04 - Instant Lockdown: Stopping Attacks at Firmware Level
- 08:50 - Preventing Data Exfiltration with Hardware Control
- 09:39 - Hardware Identity + MCP Security Integration
- 10:22 - Building a “Community of Trust” with X-PHY
- 11:07 - Cross-Enterprise Trust & Device Authentication
- 12:12 - Real-World Use Cases (Government & Contractors)
- 13:26 - Why Hardware Identity is Hard to Compromise
- 14:18 - Firmware-Level Security vs Traditional HSM
- 14:59 - Final Thoughts & Closing
Camellia Chan is the Co-Founder and CEO of X-PHY Inc., a pioneering cybersecurity company delivering hardware-based protection at the physical layer. She leads the company’s global strategy, innovation, and partnerships, with a focus on AI-embedded solutions that provide real-time, autonomous defense against modern cyber threats. Under her leadership, X-PHY has developed a growing portfolio of patented technologies and launched award-winning solutions like the X-PHY® Cyber Secure SSD.
