In this week's episode, guest Jayesh Kamat, Global Competency Leader in Application Security at IBM, chats with Christina about the profound impact of AI frontier models on cybersecurity and the necessity of shifting toward an "AI-native" security posture.

With machines now generating code at an exponential rate through agents like "IBM Bob," traditional application security (AppSec) methods are no longer sufficient. Kamat advocates for AI-native security, which integrates protection directly into the development lifecycle:

• Secure by Design: Security requirements, such as whitelisted libraries and functions, should be defined in the specifications before any code is generated.
• Agent Verification: AI agents should be tasked with reviewing their own code, verifying its security, and explaining their "thought process" for human oversight.
• The Security Harness: This new approach involves using a specialized "harness" to deploy frontier models to identify vulnerabilities and map exploit paths.
• Once a path is identified, other agents can auto-remediate the code or update firewall controls in real-time

Ultimately, Kamat views this as a "moment under the sun" for application security, which has shifted from a neglected back-office function to a primary focus of enterprise strategy

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