Breaking AI Agents: What Offensive Security Revealed About the Future of Enterprise Defense
Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM to 11:40 AM · 10 min. (US/Pacific)
Venetian Ballroom G
Solo Talk - Startup Stage
AI Startups & VCs
Information
AI agents are moving from experimentation into enterprise production, but traditional security controls were never designed for systems that can reason, plan, and autonomously pursue objectives.
At ZioSec, we took an offensive approach: we attacked AI agents to understand how they fail. Through real-world AI security testing, we discovered a new class of threat where models can bypass assumptions, abuse trusted access, and find unexpected paths to achieve their goals.
This session walks through real AI agent attacks, what they reveal about the limitations of today's security stack, and why the future of defense requires a new primitive: a reasoning firewall capable of analyzing intent and stopping machine-speed attacks before they reach enterprise assets.
Join us as we explore how offensive AI security is shaping the next generation of cybersecurity.
At ZioSec, we took an offensive approach: we attacked AI agents to understand how they fail. Through real-world AI security testing, we discovered a new class of threat where models can bypass assumptions, abuse trusted access, and find unexpected paths to achieve their goals.
This session walks through real AI agent attacks, what they reveal about the limitations of today's security stack, and why the future of defense requires a new primitive: a reasoning firewall capable of analyzing intent and stopping machine-speed attacks before they reach enterprise assets.
Join us as we explore how offensive AI security is shaping the next generation of cybersecurity.
Special Interest Tracks
AI Startups & VCs
Speakers

Aaron Walls
CEOZioSec, Inc.