SolarWinds CTO Breaks Down Its Secure AI Agent Design

Krishna Sai on Secure-by-Design Principles Behind SolarWinds' Agentic AI Platform Yamini Kalra • February 4, 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence is redefining the operational contract between humans and software. When systems can interpret telemetry, infer root cause and initiate remediation, the core challenge shifts from capability to control, specifically around permissioning, explainability and governance. SolarWinds' AI Agent is built around these constraints, embedded directly into existing IT service management and observability workflows and operating only on trusted in-environment telemetry.

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In an interview with Information Security Media Group, Krishna Sai, CTO of SolarWinds, draws on more than two decades of experience across observability, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure and security, including leadership roles at Atlassian and Groupon, to unpack the technical architecture behind SolarWinds' approach to agentic AI and why fully autonomous remediation is a deliberate line not ...