AI Can Hack Faster Than We Can Defend. Or Can It?

When anyone can ship an app in an afternoon and AI agents hold their own credentials, who is responsible for security? Kavitha Ayappan, Head of Cyber Security at Saama, answers in this System Design Series conversation on cybersecurity in the age of AI. 🔐 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this episode is a practical, candid look at where AI is changing security for defenders, builders and everyday users. In this episode, we cover: Vibe coding: who owns the security of apps built with AI, the builder, the platform or the AI? AI agents: how to handle identity, access and accountability for non-human identities Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing: what AI that finds zero-days means for banks and legacy systems, and how a CISO should prepare Chinese AI models: evidence vs. hype, and how to vet any model from any country AI-driven risk assessment: can AI predict cyber risk better than an experienced auditor? India's DPDP Act and Rules: what companies should be doing now Clinical trial data and AI: protecting patient trust while innovating Careers: the people vs. skills gap, women in cyber, and advice for newcomers Rapid fire, plus one security habit you can adopt this week 👤 ABOUT THE GUEST Kavitha Ayappan is Head of Cyber Security at Saama, with 24+ years across IT services, BFSI and life sciences. She has served as CISO at Neurealm and Cholamandalam, and earlier led cybersecurity and privacy at Aspire Systems. She is a DPO, a researcher in AI-driven risk assessment, and has trained numerous internal auditors. She was named Cybersecurity Woman Influencer of the Year in 2024 and 2025. 🔗 Connect with Kavitha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitha-ayappa... 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST Shammy Narayanan hosts the System Design Series. 🔗 Connect with Shammy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shammy-narayan... 📌 If this conversation helped you, like, subscribe and share it with a colleague, a student or a founder building with AI. Tell us in the comments: what's the one security habit you're adopting this week? #Cybersecurity #AISecurity #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth Tags: cybersecurity, AI security, cybersecurity in the age of AI, vibe coding security, AI agents security, non-human identity, CISO interview, Project Glasswing, Claude Mythos, zero-day vulnerabilities, DPDP Act, DPDP Rules, data privacy India, clinical trial data security, cybersecurity careers, women in cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness month, System Design Series, Kavitha Ayappan, Shammy Narayanan