India, Oct. 22 -- As AI agents take on a growing role in software development, securing the systems, code and data they can access is becoming a critical challenge for technology companies. For Figma, the design software company expanding its AI capabilities and integrations, this means building safeguards alongside new tools. In an interview with Dataquest on the sidelines of Config India 2026, Devdatta Akhawe, Chief Security Officer at Figma, discusses how the company uses AI to strengthen its security, its approach to sandboxing AI agents, the emerging risks from AI-enabled phishing and deepfakes, and why design will remain central as AI makes code generation easier.

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