AI agents can burn through budgets and trust in minutes. Eric Olden, Co-Founder and CEO of Strata Identity, breaks down the control plane founders need: policy-driven guardrails, intent/context/outcome audit, and lifecycle governance—so you can move from sandbox to production with confidence.

Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boughtnotsold

Strata Identity: https://www.strata.io

Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan

Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich

YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io

Most people think hackers exploit systems. The best hackers improve them. In this episode, Ted Harrington explains how to unlock your “inner hacker”—the mindset that turns obstacles into innovation. From breaking outdated rules to building smarter, safer companies, this conversation reframes what it means to lead with curiosity.

Ted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted/ Ted’s website: https://www.tedharrington.com/ Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io

Deepak Dutt, founder of Zighra, reveals how continuous behavioral authentication is changing the game—from stopping $200M fraud schemes to securing military operations. Deepak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakdutt/ Zighra: https://zighra.com/ Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io

What if your first lines of code determined your startup’s ability to scale? Dirk Meister, founding engineer at Augment Code, walks us through the intentional security architecture decisions they made on day one—and why trust isn't something you can bolt on later.

Dirk Meister: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meisterdirk/

Augment Code: https://www.augmentcode.com/

Jon McLachlan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan/

Sasha Sinkevich: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich/

YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io/

Michael Nov, Co-Founder and CEO of Prime Security, reveals how ignoring the design stage creates costly security gaps later. He shares hard-won lessons from building at OwnBackup and launching a startup during crisis.

Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-nov Prime Security: https://www.primesec.ai Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io

Contracts aren’t controls. Jonathan Mortensen, CEO of Confident Security, lays out a practical path to provably private AI—confidential compute, attestation, and encrypted weights—so you can swap your OpenAI-compatible endpoint, keep crown-jewel data out of vendor training, and still close enterprise deals. Listen to learn how founders can pass security reviews, avoid GPU sprawl, and turn privacy into a sales advantage.

Jonathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmortensen

Confident Security: https://www.confident.security

Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan

Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich

YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io

AI isn’t just writing code—it’s joining the team. Scott Dietzen, Board Member at Augment Code, explains how Augment’s AI agents are changing the way enterprise software is built, secured, and scaled. These aren’t copilots for toy projects—they’re context-aware agents designed for real-world codebases and real production work.

Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdietzen Augment Code: https://www.augmentcode.com Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io