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Kayla Underkoffler

Kayla is a lead security engineer in the CTO office 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.

Kayla Underkoffler

Posts by Kayla Underkoffler

Reflections from the AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

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Bridging AI Safety and AI Security: Reflections from the NYC AI Safety Meetup
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

Events
Why Detection? Why Now? Key Takeaways from the NIST NCCoE Public COI Working Session
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

Events
America’s AI Action Plan: Innovation, Security, and What It Means for Builders and Buyers
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

Current Events
AI Agents Take DC: Inside Washington’s Developing Agentic Security Agenda
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

Current Events
Securing Agentic AI and Citizen Development Starts with Policy and Standards
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

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Bridging Innovation and Policy: Zenity’s Strategic Discussions in Washington DC
Kayla Underkoffler

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...

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