How Adobe Uses AI Agents for building a WAF Pipeline?
Source: YouTube · Cloud Security Podcast · published Aug 4, 2026 · 47:09
In security, speed is the biggest currency—AI now enables attackers to stitch multiple vulnerabilities together for root access 0:00-0:20, while the window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation has shrunk to under 24 hours 0:21-0:27.
Key Takeaways:
• Managing multiple WAFs (Adobe uses seven) doesn't scale with human administrators due to sheer complexity, making AI-driven automation essential 5:07-5:15
• AI excels at reducing false positives by reading source code, architecture diagrams, and threat models to craft custom WAF rules 10:06-10:55
• The agentic pipeline: ingest CVEs via GitHub API → scan environment → deep research agent gathers POCs → AI generates rules → test locally → staging deployment → shadow mode → blocking mode 18:42-21:28
• A "harness" is the agent's operating environment—including APIs, shell commands, memory, and instructions—that enables it to execute tasks autonomously 29:45-30:37
• Use multiple models (generator + judge) for different perspectives, and generate rules even for non-relevant CVEs to train the system through repetition 32:25-34:55
This framework extends beyond WAFs to SOC analysis, detection engineering, and incident response—start small by automating tedious daily tasks 42:59-45:30.
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Insecurity, the biggest currency is speed. If you can't secure quick, might as well you just don't secure. He [music] told his AI system, find a way to give me root access to this device, shell access. And the AI was able to stitch multiple vulnerabilities together and have root access in the Wi-Fi system. >> Vulnerability being announced in publicly and explored found in the wild, the window was less than 24 hours. >> Urgent health issue, don't do that. Game is not the answer. The answer is calling 911. I didn't go to school for it or anything. Um >> No academic, none of that stuff, right? >> I didn't build a model um or >> Any given day, this kind of vulnerability is coming every day. >> Things will be discovered very fast and taken advantage of very fast. I'm talking about we going from…