IBM Highlights Agentic AI Security Gaps At RSA Conference
IBM Highlights Agentic AI Security Gaps At RSA Conference
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Publish Date: 2026-04-04 12:38:00
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San Francisco’s RSA cybersecurity conference recently surpassed pre-pandemic attendance with over 43,000 people, and discussions revealed a critical security gap surrounding agentic AI. While vendors highlighted agentic AI security, a cohesive approach to securing these dynamic systems was absent; Suja Viswesan, Vice President for Security Products at IBM, observed that very few vendors spoke of end-to-end solutions. This lack of holistic security is particularly concerning because AI agents, unlike static code, change behavior at runtime, creating new vulnerabilities. Bob Kalka, Global Lead for Security Sales at IBM, noted that the entire conference focused on agentic AI.
Organizations lacking AI-dedicated access controls face significant risk, with 97 percent reporting security incidents, while those with coordinated multi-agent strategies anticipate a 42 percent higher return on investment.
RSA Conference Highlights Agentic AI Security Gaps
The RSA Conference, drawing over 43,000 attendees, signaled a clear shift in cybersecurity priorities, with agentic AI dominating discussions on the expo floor, according to industry observers. Unlike traditional static code, AI agents dynamically alter their behavior during runtime, creating a significantly expanded attack surface as they interact with tools and other agents, necessitating a reevaluation of existing security protocols. Despite the widespread excitement surrounding agentic AI, a comprehensive end-to-end approach to securing these systems remained absent from many presentations, noted Dave McGinnis, Vice President for Global Cyber Threat Management. This fragmented landscape is particularly concerning given that agentic AI introduces a novel type of identity, dynamic and constantly evolving, that traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) frameworks are ill-equipped to handle, prompting companies like IBM to leverage tools such as Verify and HashiCorp Vault to address these gaps.
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