Least privilege lets monday.com AI teams move faster

Monday.com security lead Ryan Nigro argues that least-privilege permission management enables AI teams to move faster, not slower. Speaking at monday.com's Elevate event, Nigro compared governance guardrails to car brakes: they build confidence to accelerate. His approach rolls out AI tools incrementally, granting minimum access and expanding only as results prove out. He cited an IBM study estimating 80-90% of breaches stem from over-permissioning, noting that employees who change roles often retain access from previous departments, a risk that compounds when AI agents inherit those same permissions.