A lot of the discussion around agentic payments understandably focuses on the “wait … how exactly is this supposed to work safely?” part. Which makes sense, given that we are talking about autonomous software making decisions that eventually lead to money moving around. So when Google and Mastercard contributed AP2 and Verifiable Intent to the
Just wrapped up a packed, somewhat frenetic, but mostly enjoyable RSAC 2025 Conference. And if I had to sum it up in a sentence: AI is everywhere, but trust and control are still catching up. The conference opened with a shot fired across the bow of the security and identity industry. Patrick Opet, CISO of
Dealing with privacy issues isn’t as simple as the tech (and all too often the security) industry thinks. There are some real challenges and ethical conundrums to deal with, and we ignore the reality of the society into which our products are going at our own peril. We are seeing this happen full force right
