Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Cyber Security Leaders 2026, Hasan Imam, chief executive officer of Obsidian Security, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss the company's $85 million Series D raise and the rise of non-human identity as security's next major battleground. Imam explains the funding, which values Obsidian at $1.1 billion, is driven by explosive customer growth and a sharp rise in agents accessing data inside third-party applications. He notes more than 65% of enterprise customers have already given agents access to third-party systems, a trend accelerating faster than traditional identity security models can handle.
Imam breaks down why agentic access represents a genuinely new security category, distinct from decades of human-focused identity and access management. He details the concept of "agent governance" — covering how agents are created, privileged and granted access — paired with runtime enforcement that can stop catastrophic actions like data deletion in real time. The conversation also explores the tension between driving enterprise productivity through broad agent access and the parallel need to control what agents can actually do once inside applications. Imam addresses whether human identity will eventually map directly to fleets of agents, describing how agents can be created by other agents, complicating accountability. From weak MFA practices exposing enterprise admins to the shrinking window between detection and response in an agentic world, Imam makes the case that security providers must now detect, mitigate and prevent threats within seconds, not hours.
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00:00 - Foundations of Modern Cybersecurity: Trends, Funding, and Governance
04:20 - Defining a New Security Category
06:33 - Innovation and Risk in Agent Integrations
09:05 - The Future of Non-Human Identity Security
12:37 - Evolving Identities and Future Governance: AI's Path Forward
#theCUBE #CyberSecurityLeaders #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #ObsidianSecurity #NonHumanIdentity #AI
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Cyber Security Leaders 2026, Hasan Imam, chief executive officer of Obsidian Security, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss the company's $85 million Series D raise and the rise of non-human identity as security's next major battleground. Imam explains the funding, which values Obsidian at $1.1 billion, is driven by explosive customer growth and a sharp rise in agents accessing data inside third-party applications. He notes more than 65% of enterprise customers have already given agents access to third-party systems, a trend accelerating faster than traditional identity security models can handle.
Imam breaks down why agentic access represents a genuinely new security category, distinct from decades of human-focused identity and access management. He details the concept of "agent governance" — covering how agents are created, privileged and granted access — paired with runtime enforcement that can stop catastrophic actions like data deletion in real time. The conversation also explores the tension between driving enterprise productivity through broad agent access and the parallel need to control what agents can actually do once inside applications. Imam addresses whether human identity will eventually map directly to fleets of agents, describing how agents can be created by other agents, complicating accountability. From weak MFA practices exposing enterprise admins to the shrinking window between detection and response in an agentic world, Imam makes the case that security providers must now detect, mitigate and prevent threats within seconds, not hours.
Find more SiliconANGLE news and analysis siliconangle.com
Follow theCUBE's wall-to-wall event coverage siliconangle.com/events
Learn about the latest theCUBE events thecube.net
00:00 - Foundations of Modern Cybersecurity: Trends, Funding, and Governance
04:20 - Defining a New Security Category
06:33 - Innovation and Risk in Agent Integrations
09:05 - The Future of Non-Human Identity Security
12:37 - Evolving Identities and Future Governance: AI's Path Forward
#theCUBE #CyberSecurityLeaders #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #ObsidianSecurity #NonHumanIdentity #AI
