As organizations rush to adopt agentic AI, agents are often given broad access to critical business systems and sensitive data. Legacy insider risk management tools weren't built for this, and organizations have spent years on insider risk posturing and investments that leave security teams inundated with false positives while the real risk slips through undetected. In this segment, Tricia Howard draws on her decade in cybersecurity, including years watching user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) overpromise and underdeliver, to unpack why understanding human – and now AI – intent is the missing piece.
Segment Resources:
https://www.above.security/blog-posts/redefining-insider-threat https://www.above.security/blog-posts/above-security-what-i-wanted-ueba-to-be-years-ago https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/above-security-raises-50m-to-solve-insider-risk-in-the-agentic-era-302721984.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/above-security-announces-strategic-investment-from-the-crowdstrike-falcon-fund-furthering-its-mission-to-democratize-elite-insider-risk-management-302842676.html
To meet with Above Security at Black Hat 2026 stop by Booth #5332 in the Business Hall. To learn more about Above Security and insider risk management in the era of agentic AI, visit: https://securityweekly.com/abovebh
- 0:00 - — Black Hat 2026: Understanding Insider Risk
- 0:32 - — What Is Above Security and Insider Risk Management?
- 0:51 - — Insider Threat vs. Insider Risk Explained
- 01:22 - — AI Agents: The New Non-Human Insiders
- 01:52 - — Why Organizations Are Not Ready for AI-Driven Risk
- 03:01 - — Why Traditional Security Tools Miss Human Context
- 04:15 - — Using AI Agents to Investigate Insider Risk
- 05:22 - — Why Baselines and Static Rules Fall Short
- 06:09 - — The Most Common Insider Risk Scenarios Today
- 07:11 - — BYOD, Remote Work, and Blurred Security Boundaries
- 08:18 - — Above Security and CrowdStrike Partnership
- 10:19 - — Building an Insider Risk Program From Scratch
- 11:26 - — The Security Challenges of Remote Work
- 12:44 - — Accidental Insider Risk and Shadow AI
- 13:22 - — The Future of Insider Risk Management
Tricia Howard is an artist gone rogue who ended up in cybersecurity. With a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and interests ranging from “Star Wars” to opera, she likes to bring a bit of pizzazz into the cyber realm. She is the Head of Marketing at Above Security, an AI-native agentic managed insider threat platform built to make insider risk proactive and operational through behavioral intelligence. She has over a decade of cybersecurity experience spanning threat research, content strategy, and technical storytelling, with a particular passion for making complex security topics accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences.
