Mariane Bekker
Director of Developer Relations · 1Password
Mariane Bekker leads Developer Relations at 1Password. In this session, she examines identity, secrets, and access for production AI agents.
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Secure AI Agents: Identity, Secrets & Access in Production
with Aishwarya Srinivasan, Arvind Narayanamurthy
Mariane Bekker explores how to protect production AI agents as they connect to business systems. Learn to manage agent identities, restrict access, safeguard credentials, and secure tool connections.
What you will learn
Assess agent access
Recognize risks when agents interact with sensitive data and business APIs.
Scope identities and permissions
Give each agent access appropriate to its task.
Protect credentials
Consider secure handling of API keys and other secrets.
Connect tools securely
Apply security controls while integrating agents with external systems.
Session overview
Mariane Bekker explores how to protect production AI agents as they connect to business systems. Learn to manage agent identities, restrict access, safeguard credentials, and secure tool connections.
Guest speaker
The Gen Academy
Hosted by Aishwarya Srinivasan and Arvind Narayanamurthy.
Aishwarya Srinivasan
AI Advisor / AI Educator
Aishwarya Srinivasan is the Co-Founder of The Gen Academy and a Developer Relations Lead at Nebius. Her experience spans Fireworks AI, Microsoft for Startups, Google Cloud and IBM, where she worked with developers and businesses on practical AI and machine-learning solutions. She holds a postgraduate degree in Data Science from Columbia University and teaches AI engineering, applied machine learning, generative AI and LLMOps.
Arvind Narayanamurthy
Founder @ The Gen Academy | AI Solutions Architect | Ex - Adobe, Microsoft, IBM
Arvind brings a cross-company perspective on AI at scale, built across Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe, where he led data science teams and developed production-grade machine-learning solutions. He has built and deployed enterprise AI systems and focuses on translating AI concepts into practical, production-ready solutions. He holds a Master's from Carnegie Mellon University.