Will Bengtson

CISO, C1

Will Bengtson is the Chief Information Security Officer at C1, leading the company's security strategy as identity becomes the control plane for the agentic enterprise. He brings over two decades of experience securing cloud platforms, identity systems, and developer infrastructure at global scale. Prior to C1, Will was VP of Platform and Security Engineering at HashiCorp and held senior security and engineering roles at Netflix, Capital One, and Nuna.

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3 articles by Will Bengtson

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  BlogJun 1, 2026

  The Four Stages of AI Adoption, and What Separates the Companies That Get It Right

  Every organization is on an AI adoption curve. Here's what that journey looks like stage by stage, and why governance, identity, and security separate the companies that get it right.

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  BlogApr 22, 2026

  Union Station: The Internal Platform Powering C1's Agentic Enterprise Transformation

  How C1 built Union Station, an internal self-serve platform for deploying every tool, automation, and AI-powered app the company runs. Shared auth, managed infrastructure, and governance baked in, so the sanctioned path is the easy path.

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  BlogMar 17, 2026

  Introducing Secret Sharing in C1

  Securely share credentials without Slack, vault sprawl, or risk. C1’s Secret Sharing encrypts secrets client-side, enforces access controls, and auto-expires links—simple, auditable, and built into identity governance.