Close Identity Gaps in Software Development Before Unleashing AI
Dark Reading, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
A Dark Reading roundtable says CISOs should fix non-human identity visibility in the SDLC first, then use AI to cut testing and patch costs.
A Dark Reading roundtable found AI is complicating software development security but also offers a way forward.
Cisohive founder Renee Guttmann says security teams are now sought-after collaborators and should push scanning deeper into development, including for user developers outside IT.
BlueFlag Security CISO Bobby Bauer calls identity the most open attack vector, citing 144 non-human identities per human and a Cloud Security Alliance finding that 68% of organizations cannot tell agent actions from human ones.
Panelists recommend short-lived credentials and full agent activity logging, and say AI is driving the cost of finding and fixing flaws toward zero.