The Runtime Era: AI Agents, Identity, and the Future of Cloud Security with Rinki Sethi

In this episode of the TPRM Podcast — Threats, Pitfalls & Risk Myths — host Nate Lee sits down with Rinki Sethi, Chief Security and Strategy Officer at Upwind Security, to explore how the runtime era is reshaping the future of cybersecurity.

Rinki brings over two decades of experience including being CISO at companies such as Twitter, Rubrik and Bill.com, as well as her work as a board member at multiple companies and co-founder of Lockstep Ventures. Her perspective offers a rare view into where security is headed as data volume explodes and AI-driven systems gain real decision power.

They discuss:

Why runtime security is becoming essential for modern cloud environments

The convergence of identity, privileged access, and agentic systems

How data scale is transforming detection, response, and resilience

What boards actually want from CISOs; and which metrics don’t matter

The future of GRC, red teaming, and AI-assisted security teams

What early-stage cyber innovation is signaling about the next decade

This episode delivers high-signal insight for CISOs, security leaders, founders, and anyone building or evaluating modern security programs in an AI-driven world.

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About the Host

Nate Lee is a B2B Scaleup CISO and Founder of Cloudsec.ai, helping SaaS companies build business-aligned security programs that increase developer velocity and strengthen trust.

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The TPRM Podcast explores real-world conversations with security leaders reshaping how we think about risk — uncovering the threats, pitfalls, and myths behind today’s cybersecurity challenges.

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Cybersecurity, CISO, RuntimeSecurity, CloudSecurity, IdentitySecurity, RiskManagement, TPRMPodcast, SecurityInnovation, RinkiSethi, UpwindSecurity, NateLee, CyberLeadership, AIinSecurity, StartupSecurity, BoardConversations, RedTeam, GRC