Adeel Saeed of Kyndryl, chief technology officer CTO for global cyber resiliency, discusses Kyndryl's approach to software supply chain security and Chainguard adoption at Chainguard Assemble 2026. In this theCUBE Research interview hosted by Paul Nashawaty and Rebecca Knight, Saeed highlights Chainguard adoption strategies and shifting vulnerability checks left into the build process; they also address improvements to the software development life cycle SDLC, open source governance, developer experience platforms and preparation for agent-driven observability across global engineering teams.
Saeed presents practical adoption tactics and measurable key performance indicators. They report that Kyndryl drives adoption with a unified developer platform, guardrails, mandatory training and a hard enforcement date, reaching roughly 70–80% adoption. They emphasize trust but verify for open source, treat the software bill of materials SBOM as a must-have and focus on agent inventory, observability and security to harden the software supply chain.
This interview provides actionable guidance on DevSecOps, vulnerability management, container security, developer experience and supply chain security for enterprise engineering and security teams. Watch to learn deployment strategies, governance practices and metrics to measure adoption success.
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Adeel Saeed, Kyndryl
Adeel Saeed of Kyndryl, chief technology officer CTO for global cyber resiliency, discusses Kyndryl's approach to software supply chain security and Chainguard adoption at Chainguard Assemble 2026. In this theCUBE Research interview hosted by Paul Nashawaty and Rebecca Knight, Saeed highlights Chainguard adoption strategies and shifting vulnerability checks left into the build process; they also address improvements to the software development life cycle SDLC, open source governance, developer experience platforms and preparation for agent-driven observability across global engineering teams.
Saeed presents practical adoption tactics and measurable key performance indicators. They report that Kyndryl drives adoption with a unified developer platform, guardrails, mandatory training and a hard enforcement date, reaching roughly 70–80% adoption. They emphasize trust but verify for open source, treat the software bill of materials SBOM as a must-have and focus on agent inventory, observability and security to harden the software supply chain.
This interview provides actionable guidance on DevSecOps, vulnerability management, container security, developer experience and supply chain security for enterprise engineering and security teams. Watch to learn deployment strategies, governance practices and metrics to measure adoption success.
Practice Lead and Principal AnalysttheCUBE Research
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Rebecca Knight
HostSiliconANGLE Media
HOST
In this interview from Chainguard Assemble in New York City, Adeel Saeed, chief technology officer of global cyber resiliency at Kyndryl, joins theCUBE's Rebecca Knight and theCUBE Research's Paul Nashawaty to discuss how one of the world's largest managed service providers is embedding security directly into the developer workflow without sacrificing engineering velocity. Saeed explains why Kyndryl adopted Chainguard as a utility-grade capability within its software development lifecycle, enabling thousands of engineers across heavily regulated global enviro...Read more
