AI agents don’t just answer questions, they take actions. That’s the shift that keeps a lot of security leaders up at night, because when software can move fast enough to outrun review, trust becomes the real control plane. We sit down with Jaz Lin, founder and CEO of Skyrelis, to talk about what it looks like to build AI agent security when speed is the default and quality is too often optional.

Jaz’s path is the kind that only makes sense in the rearview mirror: aspiring journalist and chief editor, then network engineer, CCIE, security leader across major vendors, and finally someone who has lived on both sides of the table. We dig into why journalism and cybersecurity share the same muscle: working the facts, challenging assumptions, separating false positives from true positives, and staying honest about what you can’t prove yet. That outsider perspective shows up again and again as we talk about identity, belonging, and how to keep your own voice in an AI era that rewards the most predictable pattern.

Then we get concrete about AI governance and AI runtime security. Engineering teams can ship agentic workflows at a pace security teams can’t always see, creating a growing visibility gap. Jaz explains why prompts and instructions aren’t enough, what “black and white” runtime controls could look like, and why she believes policy should be decoupled from applications so it can be enforced consistently across cloud environments and SaaS products.

If you care about AI security, agent visibility, policy enforcement, and keeping humans accountable for decisions, this one will sharpen your thinking. Subscribe, share this with a security friend, and leave a review so more builders and buyers can find the conversation.

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