This session addresses how to validate AI agents before they carry real work, aimed at leaders moving from AI experimentation into deployment. The listed premise is that building trust in AI becomes essential at exactly that transition, and that trust has to be demonstrated rather than assumed. Allie Mellen, Principal Analyst at Forrester, gives the keynote and is joined by industry experts for a discussion covering three areas in sequence: validating agents, governing them, and operationalizing them for real-world use. That sequence maps onto the AI governance questions security leaders now face, including which evidence counts as proof that an agent behaves as intended under pressure, and who inside the organization is accountable when it does not. Watch the session for the panel’s view on what agent validation should actually measure.
