Real-Time AI Security: Securing Autonomous Agents in 2026

Is your security stack ready for the agentic revolution? 🤖🛡️As we move into 2026, Real-Time AI Security has become the new frontier for enterprise protection. In this episode of AI on the Edge, Amar (CEO of Protecto) sits down with security veteran and investor Anand Tangiraja to discuss why traditional "shift left" strategies and legacy tools are failing in the face of autonomous agents.

We are living in a world where AI agents are no longer just chatbots—they are autonomous workers with access to your company’s most sensitive "crown jewels". When an agent can pivot from its original intent and exfiltrate data in minutes, a traditional SOC response is simply too late.

📌 TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — Introduction: The current state of AI and Cyber

2:15 — Observations from RSA: The pivot to Agentic AI

5:40 — Why AI security deserves its own category

8:20 — The problem with legacy WAFs and EDRs

12:10 — Solving for Non-Human Identities (NHI)

16:45 — Security as the "Brakes" for AI innovation

In this video, you will learn:

🚨 The Shift to Insider Risk: Why the biggest threat in 2026 isn't an external hacker, but an unmonitored internal agent.
📉 The Failure of Legacy Tools: Why your current WAF and EDR stacks are being circumvented by non-deterministic AI attacks.
🛠️ Runtime vs. Guardrails: Why last year’s focus on static guardrails is already obsolete and why we need real-time runtime controls.
🔑 Non-Human Identities (NHI): How to manage privilege escalation and autonomous coordination between agents.
🏎️ The "Brake Maker" Philosophy: Why security is the control system that actually allows you to innovate faster.

Who should watch?
If you are a CISO, CTO, or AI Founder building the next generation of agentic workflows, this deep dive into Autonomous Agent Security is for you.

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