Securing the Agentic Frontier: Why AI Automation Needs a Human Handbrake
Techstrong TV Interviews
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26-Feb-2026
In the Techstrong AI Leadership interview, Dr. Aqib Rashid warns that "agentic" workflows introduce a level of unpredictability that can turn a minor misaligned input into a global production meltdown. While natural language interfaces are finally democratizing high-level automation for the "mere mortals" of SecOps, this shift also arms adversaries with the ability to launch sophisticated social engineering and malware attacks at an exponential scale. To survive this AI arms race, Rashid argues organizations must treat AI agents like mission-critical employees, enforcing rigorous validation, human-in-the-loop supervision, and deterministic controls to ensure these autonomous tools don't go rogue.
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