The Control Layer with Amer Altaf

The machines are making decisions. The question is: who's in control? The Control Layer with Amer Altaf cuts through the noise of AI hype to ask the questions that actually matter — who governs agentic systems, who carries the risk when they fail, and what the people building the infrastructure really think about what's coming. Each episode brings together CISOs, architects, founders, and policymakers at the frontier of AI, cybersecurity, and sovereign technology. These aren't rehearsed keynotes — they're real conversations about the trust frameworks, protocol designs, and leadership decisions shaping how intelligent systems operate in the real world. From agentic commerce and autonomous transactions to national AI strategy and zero-trust identity, The Control Layer goes where the decisions are being made — and asks whether the right people are making them. Published by Arkava. New episodes weekly. thecontrollayer.arkava.ai