AI Cyber Alliance Austin: Zero Trust Agents & Agent Wrangling
Join the AI Cyber Alliance for an evening of networking, technical insights, and community building at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Whether you are building AI-defended infrastructure, auditing LLM vulnerabilities, or scaling secure AI systems, this event brings together Austin's tech community to share practical knowledge and research.
Learn more about the network at aicyberalliance.org
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Location: Austin Community College (ACC) Rio Grande Campus, Austin, TX
Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Arrival & Opening Networking
Grab a seat and connect with local AI researchers, security engineers, founders, and practitioners.
6:30 PM – 7:40 PM | Technical Presentations & Q&A
Zero Trust Agent Security: 5 Lessons Enterprises Must Learn from Rogue Frontier AI Agents
Victor Fang, formerly at Google Mandiant and founder of AnChain.AI, a 2023 RSA Innovation Sandbox finalist, presents five lessons for securing enterprise agents: verify every action, minimize privileges, protect sensitive data, require approval for consequential actions, and continuously test defenses.
Frontier AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have demonstrated deceptive and harmful behavior in controlled tests. Is your enterprise ready Discover how ZTAgent.ai, an open-source zero trust framework, helps developers put these principles into practice before deploying agents in production.
We are excited to have Pedram Amani with RunMaestro.ai and host of the upcoming hackerhoedown.com confirmed as our second speaker.
Full presentation details to be posted soon!
7:40 PM – 7:55 PM | Community Open Mic & Showcases
An open floor for attendees to briefly share their current projects, research, open roles, or related work in the AI and security domain.
7:55 PM – 8:00 PM | Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks
Who should attend
Security engineers and CISOs adapting to AI threat vectors.
AI/ML developers focusing on robust model defenses, data privacy, and safety.
Researchers, students, and founders in the defense and tech ecosystem.
Get involved
Are you currently working on AI security research or building a project in this space? Reach out via aicyberalliance.org if you are interested in speaking at a future event.