Democratizing Security for the Agentic Web with CloudFlare CTO Dane Knecht

Live from Cloudflare Connect, Sarah Guo interviews Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht about the security challenges emerging from the shift to the agentic web. They discuss how enterprises that have adopted zero trust infrastructure are better prepared, why legacy code and the software development lifecycle must change, and the prediction that token spending will soon tilt toward security rather than engineering. Dane describes the current 'messy middle' where humans and agents share the same web infrastructure, and explains Cloudflare's approach, including a new monetization gateway, the Signals project with OpenAI, and the rationale behind the Cloudflare OS release and a recent restructuring. The conversation also covers Cloudflare's unusual intern strategy, the importance of curiosity about AI, and the broader mission of democratizing security for everyone.