Release the Kraken: Putting Tentacles on Your AI "Paved Road"
Sakina Mithani
fwd:cloudsec North America 2026 · Day 1
In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage is rapidly becoming "non-negotiable" for developers, organizations face a critical challenge: how to enable powerful AI coding tools without exposing sensitive internal data to new and complex threats. Sakina Mithani, a Cloud Security Engineer at Roblox, addresses this head-on in her fwd:cloudsec talk, "Release the Kraken: Putting Tentacles on Your AI 'Paved Road'." Mithani details Roblox's proactive approach to building a **secure-by-default path** that allows developers to leverage AI alongside their most sensitive data. The talk provides a deep dive into the architecture and operational considerations of establishing a robust perimeter for AI interactions, focusing on deterministic network controls to mitigate the inherent unpredictability of large language models (LLMs).
AI review
Mithani delivers exactly what this lane demands: real architecture, real trade-offs, and live demos that don't lie. This isn't a whitepaper about AI security theater — it's a practitioner showing the actual plumbing Roblox built, warts and allow-list maintenance nightmares included.