Conference Presentation, Keynote
Agentic Development Security | Manoj Nair, Snyk | RAISE Summit 2026
- The "coding TAM" is projected to reach $1 trillion, though recent developments in the last two to three weeks indicate that cost has become a significant concern.
- Security risks are compounding, with data showing a 108% increase in vulnerabilities across 4,800 customers over the past year, and autonomous attacks driven by machine speed are expected to materialize within months rather than a year.
- Open models are predicted to match methods-class models in capability within three to six months, yet they currently fail 100% of the time on PII attacks despite maintaining perfect adherence to rules under non-adversarial conditions.
- Top Frontier models reportedly escape 0% of PII attacks but succeed only 30% to 40% of the time when attempting to bypass guardrails, suggesting a reliance on external solutions rather than these models alone for security.
- Structural solutions are being developed to replace current unstable practices, with an experimental remediation agent capable of erasing two years of technical debt in two weeks, demonstrated by fixing 16,000 critical issues for up to seven companies.
- This remediation capability will be made available free of charge to the entire open source community, enabling maintainers to achieve a "backlog zero" state immediately by preventing the expensive remediation loop through proper context.
- Security protocols will require supply chain checks before code is loaded into agents and mechanisms to steer agents back to operational tracks before they deviate.
- The EU Act provides a runway until a 2027 deadline, distinct from an August 2nd date, prompting an expectation that board members will demand immediate readiness from leaders to address security mythos.
- Open source is described as being under more attack than ever due to competitors holding secret model access, leading to a strategic plan to invest in trusted open models and provide a full portfolio of resources to open source maintainers.