Is your AI tool a security nightmare? | Descope

How do we secure and manage a rapidly multiplying swarm of AI agents in an enterprise world?

In this episode of Notable Perspectives, Glenn Solomon and Oren Yunger sit down with Slavik Markovich and Rishi Bhargava, co-founders of Descope. Former security innovators behind DeMisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Slavik and Rishi are now tackling one of the most pressing challenges in modern tech: identity, access, and trust in a world where AI agents act autonomously and unpredictably.

Join us as we explore:

• The Chaos Problem: How AI agents multiply risk across enterprise systems, creating backdoors, misconfigurations, and new attack surfaces.
• Trust at Scale: Building infrastructure and granular controls to keep AI behavior predictable — and keeping enterprises safe in the process.
• The Identity Revolution: Why managing agent identities, permissions, and audit trails is now critical to surviving the AI explosion.

Chapters

00:00 — AI vs. Security: Innovation is moving faster than controls—creating hidden risks.

‍00:21 — From Demisto to Descope: Turning security expertise into identity infrastructure for AI.

‍01:32 — Automating Security: How Demisto cut response times from days to minutes.

‍03:20 — Identity Is Hard: Why authentication became a constant challenge.

‍04:14 — Why Now: A decades-old identity problem meets the AI era.

‍06:31 — 8 Founders, One Team: Clear roles and deep trust as an advantage.

‍09:32 — Rise of AI Agents: Every user will soon rely on multiple agents.

‍10:53 — The Wild West: AI systems are being built faster than they’re secured.

‍12:18 — The Backdoor Risk: Weak permissions + AI = major vulnerabilities.

‍13:20 — Securing Agents: Treating AI like actors with identity and controls.

‍15:23 — Vibe Coding Chaos: Anyone can build—few are securing it properly.

‍16:07 — Real-World Risk: An AI agent exposing sensitive data via a simple setup.

‍18:16 — Closing: Building trust and control for the future of AI.