At RSAC this year, the AI conversation is getting more practical. Less “look what agents can do” and more “who’s actually in control when an autonomous system can take real actions across business apps and infrastructure.”
The Moltbook breach and the growing attention on OpenClaw-style agent vulnerabilities put real weight behind that question because they show how quickly agent ecosystems can scale past oversight.
Today we’re talking with Shashwath, CEO of P0 Security, about why identity and authorization are the quiet enablers of modern AI, where teams are losing control as non-human identities explode and what security leaders can do to keep innovation moving without turning access sprawl into enterprise risk.
Segment Resources:
https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6711cd0559bf05b4faea0ea0/6980fc917dc9d975062b8351Preparing%20for%20the%20agent%20erafnl.pdf https://www.p0.dev/pr/authz-control-plane-nhis-ai-agents
To learn more about P0 Security, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/p0rsac or stop by their booth - South Hall S-2333
Read the interview summary from SC Media here: P0 Security’s Shashwat Sehgal on AI agents and the new identity risk to production systems
- 0:00 - RSAC 2026 Interview – AI Security Challenges with P0 Security
- 0:50 - The Explosion of AI Tools & Agentic Frameworks
- 01:46 - Why Security Teams Can’t Keep Up with AI Innovation
- 02:21 - Identity Security Fundamentals: Connectivity, Auth & Authorization
- 04:24 - Why Authorization is the Biggest Problem in AI Security
- 04:49 - AI Agents vs Human Identity – Who Gets Access?
- 05:59 - Securing AI Agents Before Production Deployment
- 06:26 - Guardrails, Ownership & Governance for AI Systems
- 08:46 - Just-In-Time Access & Short-Lived Credentials Explained
- 09:31 - Shadow AI, Open Source Agents & Governance Gaps
- 10:56 - Lessons from Cloud Security Failures (S3, IAM Risks)
- 11:24 - Why Traditional Identity Tools Are Failing Today
- 12:37 - API-Based Security: The New Identity Control Layer
- 13:24 - Identity as the New Perimeter in Cybersecurity
- 14:37 - Organizational Challenges in Identity & AI Security
Shashwat Sehgal is the Co-Founder and CEO of P0 Security. He’s spent most of his career building security and observability products for developers, DevOps, and security teams.
Shashwat is passionate about solving the problem of cloud access security and helping security engineers’ control ‘who has access to sensitive resources in their clouds.’
He enjoys playing tennis, spending time with his family, teaching his son how to play chess, and geeking out on all things security.
