The Rise of AI Security Engineers

Today’s security is broken. Developers are drowning in a sea of tools and alerts, each demanding their immediate attention. The business demands secure software AND rapid innovation – a seemingly impossible task. But there’s hope. This Ignite talk introduces the future of security: autonomous AI security engineers that help teams save time by surfacing real issues and providing verified fixes.

Stefan Streichsbier - CTO of GuardRails.io where I’m working on giving engineers security super powers by combining LLMs with Application Security.

Transcript

1. The Rise of AI Security Engineers Stefan Streichsbier CTO @ GuardRails
2. Self Driving Manual Control Today we will answer … but for security
3. But first, … Let’s engage!
4. Security is frustrating! - every dev ever
5. It’s time for a paradigm shift!
6. Self Driving Manual Control The Evolution of Cars
7. https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/j3016_201401
9. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: 😓 😓 😓 😓 😓 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 (No Tools)
10. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation (Simple Tools) Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: 😓 😓 😓 😓 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
11. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation (Advanced Tools) Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: 😓 😓 😓 🔍 🔍 🔍 🔧 🔧 🔧 🔥 🔥 🔥
12. Tools have improved, but they don’t understand context!
13. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: 😓 😓 🔍 🔍 🔧 🔧 🔥 🔥 (AI Security Engineers)
14. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: 😓 🔍 🔧 🔥 (Senior-Level AI Security Engineers)
15. 6 Levels of App Sec Automation Detection Effort: Triage Effort: Fixing Effort: App Risk: ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ (Expert-Level AI Security Engineers)
16. There is still a long road ahead, but Level 3 is under way!
17. Connect with me! s_streichsbier guardrails.ai Thank you!