# Kayla Underkoffler Kayla is Director of AI Security Policy & Advocacy with Zenity. Her professional career started in the United States Marine Corps, where she then left active duty to pursue a career in Cybersecurity. Throughout her years in security, she has served as a practitioner in vulnerability management, security operations, crowdsourced security, and most recently, Agentic AI security and governance. With a passion for bridging the gap between business and technology, Kayla will continue to evangelize the importance of security for everyone. [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-underkoffler-7400673a/) ## Posts by Kayla Underkoffler **Your Security Stack Was Built for a Different Attacker: The Coding Agent Blind Spot** Every tool in the enterprise security stack was designed to answer a specific question about a specific threat... [Coding Agents](/content/blog/the-coding-agent-blind-spot/index.html) **Zenity Labs: The Bleeding Edge** At Zenity, we like to say we don't only exist on the bleeding edge; we are the bleeding edge. It's a defensible... [Company AnnouncementsResearch](/content/blog/zenity-labs-the-bleeding-edge/index.html) **Your AI Agent Inventory Is Incomplete. Here's What That Means for Risk.** Some organizations still treat agentic AI as a future problem. Something to plan for. Something on the horizon.... [AI Security](/content/blog/incomplete-agent-inventory-risk/index.html) **The AI Agent Security Summit Returns to San Francisco: Meet the First Speakers** Since our last AI Agent Security Summit in 2025, the conversation around agentic AI security has shifted considerably,... [AI SecurityConferences](/content/blog/ai-agent-security-summit-speakers/index.html) **My First RSA: Agents, Challenges, and Community** I am no stranger to conferences, and certainly no stranger to security conferences. Over the years, BlackHat and... [AI SecurityConferences](/content/blog/rsa-recap-agents-challenges-community/index.html) **The OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications: A Milestone for the Future of AI Security** The OWASP GenAI Security Project has officially released its Top 10 for Agentic Applications, the first industry-standard... [Company AnnouncementsIndustry News](/content/blog/the-owasp-top-10-for-agentic-applications/index.html) **The Genesis Mission: A New Era of AI-Accelerated Science and a New Security Imperative** Innovation has always been the engine of American advancement. With the launch of the Genesis Mission, the White... [Industry News](/content/blog/the-genesis-mission-a-new-security-imperative/index.html) **Reflections from the AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco** Last week, I had the honor of emceeing the AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco, a gathering of some of the... [AI SecurityConferences](/content/blog/reflections-from-the-ai-agent-security-summit-in-san-francisco/index.html) **Bridging AI Safety and AI Security: Reflections from the NYC AI Safety Meetup** The regularly occurring NYC AI Safety Meetups cover a variety of topics, with this latest session focusing on the... [AI SecurityConferences](/content/blog/bridging-ai-safety-and-ai-security/index.html) **Why Detection? Why Now? Key Takeaways from the NIST NCCoE Public COI Working Session** In April, I had the amazing opportunity to participate in a unique AI security event put on by the National Cybersecurity... [AI SecurityConferences](/content/blog/key-takeaways-from-the-nist-nccoe-public-coi-working-session/index.html) **America’s AI Action Plan: Innovation, Security, and What It Means for Builders and Buyers** On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled America’s AI Action Plan during the Winning the AI Race Summit, marking... [Industry News](/content/blog/americas-ai-action-plan-what-it-means/index.html) **AI Agents Take DC: Inside Washington’s Developing Agentic Security Agenda** AI Agents have become one of the most discussed emerging technologies in enterprise environments, and now, they’ve... [Industry NewsCompliance & Governance](/content/blog/ai-agents-take-dc-inside-washington-s-developing-agentic-security-agenda/index.html) **Securing Agentic AI and Citizen Development Starts with Policy and Standards** Introduction At Zenity, we're deeply committed to helping our customers harness and embrace the power of Agentic... [Company Announcements](/content/blog/securing-agentic-ai-and-citizen-development-starts-with-policy-and-standards/index.html) **Bridging Innovation and Policy: Zenity’s Strategic Discussions in Washington DC** Representing Zenity in Washington DC I recently had the fantastic opportunity to represent Zenity in a round of... [AI SecurityCompliance & Governance](/content/blog/bridging-innovation-and-policy-zenitys-strategic-discussions-in-washington-dc/index.html) ## Secure Your Agents We’d love to chat with you about how your team can secure and govern AI Agents everywhere. [Get a Demo](/content/book-a-demo/index.html)