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Protecting the Identity of AI Agents – Shiven Ramji – OKT24 #1

Generative AI has been the talk of the technology industry for the past 18+ months. Companies are seeing its value, so generative AI budgets are growing. With more and more AI agents expected in the coming years, it’s essential that we are securing how consumers interact with generative AI agents and how developers build AI agents into their apps. This is where identity comes in. Shiven Ramji, President of Customer Identity Cloud at Okta, will dive into the importance of protecting the identity of AI agents and Okta’s new security tools revealed at Oktane that address some of the largest issues consumers and businesses have with generative AI right now.

00:00 Introduction 00:31 AI Agents and Identity Concerns 01:00 The AI Ecosystem and Security Barriers 03:00 Amplifying Existing Threats with AI 03:48 New Attack Vectors and Data Leakage 06:03 Okta's New Generative AI Tool 07:20 Security Burden on Developers 08:08 Secure by Design Reality 09:00 Core Requirements for Securing AI Agents 11:54 Async Authentication for AI Agents 12:39 Developers as Kingmakers 14:30 Empowering the C-Suite 15:30 Conclusion

Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-helps-builders-easily-implement-auth-for-genai-apps-secure-how/

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Guest

President, Customer Identity Cloud at Okta

Shiven Ramji is the President, Customer Identity at Okta, where he is responsible for the Customer Identity Cloud product, data, security and technology strategy, and execution. He believes in empowering developers as they are the new creators, decision-makers, tastemakers, and kingmakers. Before joining Okta through the acquisition of Auth0, Shiv served as the SVP of Product at DigitalOcean, where he led DigitalOcean’s products, pricing, and partnerships. Additionally, Shiv has held leadership positions at global brands including Amazon, NBCUniversal, and The Nielsen Company. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, watching Manchester United games, hiking, and biking to different boroughs in New York City.

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