Securing AI from within with Saurabh Shintre

LimaCharlie

Mar 12, 2026

Join us for this session of Defender Fridays as we explore securing AI from within with Saurabh Shintre, Founder and CEO of Realm Labs.

At Defender Fridays, we delve into the dynamic world of information security, exploring its defensive side with seasoned professionals from across the industry. Our aim is simple yet ambitious: to foster a collaborative space where ideas flow freely, experiences are shared, and knowledge expands.

What We'll Discuss

In this episode, Saurabh Shintre shares his work at the intersection of AI interpretability and security, drawing on nearly fifteen years in the industry including research at Carnegie Mellon, Symantec Research Labs, and Splunk, where he led AI-based threat research before founding Realm Labs.

Key Topics:

Why input/output monitoring is no longer sufficient for securing AI systems
Interpretability and explainability as security tools
Prompt injection as an "ADHD behavior" and how internal model observation improves detection
The evolving threat landscape for AI agents and agentic systems
Practical defensive guidance: threat modeling, red teaming, and observability
Why logging prompts and responses is a starting point, not full observability
The case for centralized AI platforms as enterprise security choke points

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