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May 18-20, 2026
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Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:55am - 12:35pm CDT
The transition from passive RAG to autonomous agentic workflows forces a dangerous trade-off: to be useful, agents need access; to be safe, they need restrictions. Giving a non-deterministic LLM distinct permissions to your Kubernetes cluster is a security nightmare, yet agentic tool execution demands real-world access to be effective.

This session introduces a battle-tested architecture for Zero Trust Agents. We will demonstrate how to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers within private networks, replacing risky static credentials with a dynamic control plane that enforces strict safety guardrails.

Attendees will learn:

Identity for Autonomy: How to integrate OpenBao (OpenSSF) to issue Just-In-Time (JIT) credentials, ensuring agents only hold permissions during active tool use.

Bounding Agency: Implementing "Read/Write Separation" at the protocol level, preventing stochastic errors or misinterpretations from causing deterministic outages.

Secure Orchestration: A blueprint for deploying MCP servers as secure bridges between AI reasoning and internal infrastructure.

Stop building toys. Learn how to deploy autonomous systems that your security team will actually approve.
Speakers
avatar for Mithil Patel

Mithil Patel

Principal Engineer, SRE, Equinix
Principal Engineer at Equinix driving DevOps/SRE strategy for Interconnection organization managing global infrastructure serving Fortune 500 companies. 11+ years building resilient distributed systems and Kubernetes platforms at scale. Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures... Read More →
Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:55am - 12:35pm CDT
200I (Level Two)
  Open AI & Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any
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