What 90 days and a small budget can buy in AI agent security

Prasad Tharippala, Field CISO at Versa, told Help Net Security that organizations running open-weight models in-house often overlook hidden costs of GPU infrastructure, licensing review, and staffing, and that hardening and incident response become the buyer's responsibility. He outlined red-teaming AI agents, what constitutes a failing result, and five questions buyers should ask agent platforms, noting that teams with 90 days and a small budget can still make meaningful security improvements.