CXO Xchange Welcomes Descope & Entrust
Descope
Rishi Bhargava | Co-Founder @ Descope
Rishi Bhargava is a co-founder at Descope, a drag & drop external IAM platform. In a career spanning over 20 years, Rishi has run product, strategy, go-to-market, and engineering for category-creating cybersecurity startups and large enterprises. Before Descope, Rishi served as VP of Product Strategy at Palo Alto Networks which he joined via the acquisition of Demisto. Rishi was a co-founder at Demisto where, under his stewardship, the company created and later led a new “security orchestration” category within 3 years before being acquired. Prior to Demisto, Rishi was VP and GM of the Datacenter Group at Intel Security and launched multiple products at McAfee (acquired by Intel).
Title: Identity Tips to Build Secure, Scalable MCP and Agentic AI System
Every organization has an agentic AI or MCP project, but authentication, access control, and identity management challenges hinder them from reaching the finish line. With 57% of IAM decision-makers worried about AI agents accessing unauthorized data, the importance of identity guardrails for AI systems is clear. Additionally, security leaders are worried about the lack of visibility and unauthorized AI use by internal and external stakeholders, with Microsoft finding that 71% of AI users use their own tools without authorization.
In this session, Descope Co-Founder Rishi Bhargava will share:
The business impact of AI agents and MCP
Common agentic identity and MCP challenges
Identity and security tips to build secure, scalable AI systems
Join this session to get actionable tips on how your organization can securely adopt agentic AI to enhance customer and employee experience.
Rishi Bhargava | Co-Founder @ Descope
Rishi Bhargava is a co-founder at Descope, a drag & drop external IAM platform. In a career spanning over 20 years, Rishi has run product, strategy, go-to-market, and engineering for category-creating cybersecurity startups and large enterprises. Before Descope, Rishi served as VP of Product Strategy at Palo Alto Networks which he joined via the acquisition of Demisto. Rishi was a co-founder at Demisto where, under his stewardship, the company created and later led a new “security orchestration” category within 3 years before being acquired. Prior to Demisto, Rishi was VP and GM of the Datacenter Group at Intel Security and launched multiple products at McAfee (acquired by Intel).
Entrust
Matt Beauparlant | Data Protection Solutions Specialist @ Entrust
Matt has over 10 years of experience in cybersecurity covering hardware security modules, encryption key management, tokenization and CIAM solutions. Based in Austin, Texas, Matt is responsible for helping enterprise businesses and the Federal Government improve efficiencies and protect valuable data through Entrust’s Data Protection Solutions. Matt oversees the Americas working with key organizations to mitigate risk and streamline operations.
Title: Building Customer Trust through Security
Our customers and employees entrust us with their personally identifiable information, expecting us to safeguard it. A breach not only compromises this data but also breaks the social contract to protect it. Join Matt Beauparlant, Sr Sales Consultant, Digital Security at Entrust, for an in-depth look at the prevalence of such breaches, the steps we can take as cybersecurity professionals to better protect our customers and employees, and how to view data security as a competitive advantage rather than just an insurance policy. Additionally, Matt will discuss the implications of post-quantum security and how it can further enhance our efforts in protecting sensitive information.