The new attack surface writes code | Travis McPeak from Cursor

from Zero-Shot Learning · host Nancy Wang, Dev Tagare

In this episode: Why AI agents can't be trusted users The hardest security decisions are about what not to protect Everything in security is a proxy, including agents Secure-by-default doesn't mean slowing productivity AI-generated code isn't vibe-coding if a human verifies the work Zero-Shot Learning is a builder-to-builder podcast about how AI systems are designed, deployed, and secured. Subscribe for more. Go deeper: Episode companion blog: https://www.1password.com/blog/never-trust-your-coding-agent 1Password Developer newsletter: https://1password.com/developer-newsletter Travis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismcpeak/ Connect with 1Password 1Password.com 1Password Developer newsletter: https://1password.com/developer-newsletter Build securely with 1Password Developer: https://developer.1password.com/

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For Travis McPeak, chaos has always been part of the job of securing companies like Netflix, Databricks, and IBM. Now, as Cursor's Head of Security, he's tackling the industry-wide problem of securing AI-powered software development. In conversation with 1Password CTO Nancy Wang and Google's Dev Tagare, Travis rejects the idea that security is a blocker and challenges the assumption that agents can be trusted users.

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