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Talk: 'Exploding GPUs' — AI security is still Kubernetes security (QCon London)
Andrew Martin, founder and CEO of ControlPlane, presented 'Exploding GPUs' at QCon London arguing that securing cloud‑native AI workloads remains fundamentally a Kubernetes problem. He outlined an evolving threat landscape — non‑deterministic agent behavior, GPU supply‑chain and shared‑compute risks, and model escape — and proposed practical defenses such as prompt firewalling and agentic identity for production environments.
KEY POINTS
- Andrew Martin, founder and CEO of ControlPlane, presented 'Exploding GPUs' at QCon London arguing that securing cloud‑native AI workloads remains fundamentally a Kubernetes problem.
- He outlined an evolving threat landscape — non‑deterministic agent behavior, GPU supply‑chain and shared‑compute risks, and model escape — and proposed practical defenses such as prompt firewalling and agentic identity for production environments.
- This matters because Kubernetes underpins most cloud‑native AI deployments, and new agentic threats plus high‑value GPU clusters create novel, higher‑impact attack surfaces.
WHY IT MATTERS
This matters because Kubernetes underpins most cloud‑native AI deployments, and new agentic threats plus high‑value GPU clusters create novel, higher‑impact attack surfaces.