Jimmy Mesta — Why Security Teams Must Fight AI with AI

Jimmy Mesta is the founder and Chief Technology Officer at RAD Security. He is responsible for the technological vision for the RAD Security platform. A veteran security engineering leader focused on building cloud-native security solutions, Jimmy has held leadership positions with enterprises navigating the growth of cloud services and containerization. Previously, he was an independent consultant focused on building large-scale cloud security programs, delivering technical security training, producing research, and securing some of the largest containerized environments in the world. Jimmy Mesta LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmymesta Website: https://www.radsecurity.ai/ Flor Laorga LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-laorga/ X: https://x.com/florlaorga Website: https://aifn.co/flor AI Frontier Network Website: https://aifn.co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-frontier-network/ X: https://x.com/aifn_co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ai-frontier-network OUTLINE 00:00 Start 00:46 Cybersecurity Origin Story 01:44 From Pen Testing To Cloud Security 04:12 Betting On GenAI Security 07:51 Reducing AI Errors 11:02 Security Roles Are Changing 13:13 Securing AI-Generated Code 17:02 Staying Grounded Amid AI Hype 21:20 Hot Take On Security Categories 23:18 RAD Security’s Future Vision 24:41 Biggest Product Lesson 26:25 Wrap Up And Goodbye