Agents in Production: The New Reality of Enterprise Identity

AI agents went from roadmap to production in under 12 months — and governance didn't keep up. Agents are using human credentials, acting on their own, and spinning up sub-agents. MCP servers are multiplying. And 41% of organizations are still managing all of it with standing permissions.

In this candid conversation, C1 CISO Will Bengtson and Field CISO Kevin Paige discuss the agent governance gaps they're hearing — from security leaders, customers, and C1's own research.

What's covered:

• Why access models built for humans don't work for AI agents
• How to scope agent identity and contain blast radius without slowing the business down
• How to get governance around MCP servers and agent-to-tool connections
• What the most advanced security teams are doing differently — and where to focus next

 

 

About the speakers:

Will Bengtson, CISO at 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.

Kevin Paige, Field CISO at C1

Kevin Paige is the Field CISO at C1, where he advises organizations on modern identity security, cybersecurity strategy, and aligning security programs with business outcomes. With more than 30 years of technology and security leadership across the private and public sectors, Kevin has served as CISO at Flexport and MuleSoft, helping lead MuleSoft through its acquisition by Salesforce. He is also an investor at Silicon Valley CISO Investments and a venture advisor at Glilot Capital Partners.