Autonomous agents are reshaping how systems behave and how risk moves. In this 30-minute session, you will follow a realistic scenario where simple development agents gradually become production assets, and a single poisoned component triggers a cascading incident.

We will trace the promotion path from development to staging to production, exposing the trust boundaries that commonly fail and the subtle ways agent behaviour can drift or be exploited. You will see how applying Zero Trust principles early, including identity, attestation, capability manifests, runtime authorisation and containment, prevents escalation before it spreads.

You will leave with a practical model and specific controls you can apply to harden development practices, secure promotions and reduce blast radius long before agents reach production.