# Bad Influence story: Mastercard's Krishna Mayuram says AI agents need data-in-use protection

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 11:20. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/c1ab9097-c4fc-45a9-9a4a-2e11147849d7

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Latest update (11-11 11:20): Mastercard's Krishna Mayuram says AI agents need data-in-use protection

Overview: Krishna Mayuram, senior principal engineer and vice president of cloud engineering at Mastercard, says confidential computing is needed to protect data while AI agents process it. He says Mastercard runs its platforms on Red Hat OpenShift, a Kubernetes platform that Red Hat is extending to support AI agents. Mayuram says the same guardrails should apply to AI agents as to regular applications.

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1. 11-11 11:20 · SiliconANGLE · AI · [Mastercard's Krishna Mayuram says AI agents need data-in-use protection](https://badinfluence.news/items/oefkxkr8yu458o3ulypybhrct)
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