Okta Streamcast Ep 6: Surviving the new era of machine speed attacks

In 2026, the security landscape has fundamentally shifted. The primary threat is no longer the breach, but the machine-speed efficiency attackers achieve once they gain a foothold.

By hijacking internal AI, threat actors move laterally and exfiltrate data while remaining camouflaged within legitimate workflows. This evolution has shrunk the window for intervention from days to minutes, making malicious activity nearly impossible to detect before the damage is done.

In this Streamcast, Harish Peri (Okta) and Tim Rains (CISO, ADT) pinpoint exactly where these agents are most vulnerable within their lifecycle. They explore moving beyond passive logs to auditable authorization traces and the critical need for a "kill switch" to ensure your security evolves as fast as your automation.

You’ll walk away with: 

• A playbook to deploy the Kill Switch: Slash your Mean Time to Revoke (MTTR) by using global session termination to neutralize compromised agents instantly. 
• Strategies to prevent "Living off the AI" (LotAI) threats: Stop attackers from weaponizing your own sanctioned tools to move laterally and access sensitive data.
• A framework to abolish Static Access: Counter advanced social engineering by pivoting from outdated static identities to real-time, context-aware authorization.