The Robots Already Outnumber Us. Who's Securing Them?

Every CISO today faces one guarantee: you or your successor will enable AI across the business—no matter the risk! Weaponized AI is making attacks cheaper, faster and broader than ever. This conversation unpacks why old security playbooks fail against agents, what a six-layer AI defense looks like, and whether automated remediation is finally ready for real-world use. We discussed: ◼ Why attacks costing 35 cents should terrify every security leader ◼ How one team built software 100% agentically—and what broke next ◼ The six security layers every AI deployment needs to survive ◼ Why self-healing security finally works after 30 years of hype ◼ Why AI approval requests jumped from 7 to 180 in one month 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:30 From Zone Labs To Google Security 00:08:00 Why Is This The Hardest Time To Be A CISO? 00:13:00 What Happens When You Build 100% With AI? 00:18:30 The Six Layers Of AI Defense 00:22:30 Can You Stop Claude Deleting Your Infrastructure? 00:26:30 Has Self-Healing Security Finally Arrived? 00:32:00 What Happens When Attacks Cost 35 Cents? 00:37:00 Who's Controlling Your Non-Human Identities? 00:42:00 Why Useful Agents Need Dangerous Access 00:46:00 Frontier Vs Open-Weight: Which Wins? 00:50:30 Are Companies Going Back To Self-Hosting? 00:54:30 Lightning Round & A 2027 Prediction 00:57:30 Advice For PMs, Engineers & CISOs Find us: YouTube:    / @inflectionpoint-ai   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033BaDB... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ce-podcast/id1896943685 About Guest: Jess Leroy (Netskope) LinkedIn:   / jess-leroy   Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nets... About Host: Moudy Elbayadi, Ph.D (EVOTEK) LinkedIn:   / moudy   Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evot... RESOURCES “Big Breaches: Cybersecurity Lessons for Everyone” (co-authored by Moudy Elbayadi): Daswani, Neil, Elbayadi, Moudy — ISBN 9781484266540 — Amazon.com: Books Subscribe wherever you listen — new episodes every Tuesday. If this conversation landed, share it with one peer who'd benefit. #InflectionPoint #DigitalIntelligence #AILeadership #evotek #DataSecurity #AgenticAI #EnterpriseAI #DSPM #CISO #datascience