BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:Data::ICal 0.24
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:   'Title: Whose Agent Is It Anyway? Agency\, Authorization\, a
 nd\n   Accountability in the Year of the AI Agent\n   Tags: Policy @ DEF C
 ON | Creator Talk/Panel\n   When: Saturday\, Aug 8\, 10:00 - 10:59 PDT\n  
  Where: LVCCW Level 1 Hall 3 801 (Creator Stage 1) - [1]Map\n\n   Descript
 ion:\n\n   DEF CON 34’s theme is Agency—as in digital self-determinati
 on.\n   This is also the year agentic AI went mainstream. Those two meanin
 gs\n   of “agency” are now colliding in the legal sphere\, and early\n
    answers are not in the user’s favor. A federal court ruled that a\n  
  user’s instruction to her own AI agent to access her own Amazon\n   acc
 ount may violate federal cybercrime law—because the platform\, not\n   t
 he user\, controls authorization. The decision is up for appeal.\n   Meanw
 hile\, the market is trending the same way: agents go where B2B\n   agreem
 ents permit. The web\, as navigated by AI agents\, is becoming a\n   permi
 ssion graph between companies. The instinct is clear: the\n   user’s del
 egation should count\, agents should go where the user can.\n   But the qu
 estion is harder than it looks. Real vulnerabilities allow\n   agents insi
 de authenticated platform environments to be hijacked.\n   Platforms canno
 t secure these agents or distinguish them from\n   legitimate user session
 s. When the user delegates\, she opens channels\n   an attacker can redire
 ct. The platform must decide whether to accept\n   the risk of tools it di
 dn’t build operating in spaces it’s\n   responsible for protecting. Ne
 ither courts nor markets are producing\n   the right answer. Two cybersecu
 rity lawyers walk through the cases\,\n   the complicating security resear
 ch\, and the policy options.\n\n   Speakers:Andreas Kaltsounis\,Jacob Wall
 \n\n   SpeakerBio:  Andreas Kaltsounis\, BakerHostetler\n\n   Andreas Kalt
 sounis is an attorney and co-lead of BakerHostetler’s\n   Digital Risk A
 dvisory & Cybersecurity practice\, where he advises\n   clients on privacy
  and security compliance\, incident response\, and\n   regulatory defense.
  He holds the CISSP certification\, is an IAPP\n   Fellow of Information P
 rivacy\, and is ranked by Chambers USA and\n   Chambers Global for his wor
 k in privacy and cybersecurity law. Before\n   practicing law\, Andreas wa
 s a managing director at an international\n   information security consult
 ing firm and served as a federal agent\n   investigating criminal and nat
 ional security cyber matters.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Jacob Wall\, BakerHostetl
 er\n\n   Jacob Wall is an attorney and associate in BakerHostetler’s Dig
 ital\n   Risk Advisory & Cybersecurity practice. Jacob's work spans techno
 logy\n   regulatory law\, including compliance and product counseling\,\n 
   regulatory defense\, and policy advocacy. A particular focus of Jacob's\
 n   practice is bringing a technical background to complex cybersecurity\n
    and AI regulatory questions. He and Andreas work together on a range\n 
   of AI governance and cybersecurity compliance engagements for\n   techno
 logy and critical infrastructure clients.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level1_H
 all3\n\n\n
DTEND:20260808T175900Z
DTSTART:20260808T170000Z
LOCATION:Policy @ DEF  CON - LVCCW Level 1 Hall 3 801 (Creator Stage 1)
SUMMARY:Whose Agent Is It Anyway? Agency\, Authorization\, and Accountabili
 ty in the Year of the AI Agent
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR