RSAC: Cybersecurity resilience and the future of trust – News

TheCUBE will bring analyst-driven reporting and in-depth interviews to the RSAC 2026 Conference in March, focusing on one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: cybersecurity resilience. 

Broadcasting live from Broadcast Alley, coverage will explore how security leaders are adapting to escalating risk, autonomous systems and the continued erosion of traditional enterprise perimeters.

“The boundaries of the enterprise have effectively vanished, making cybersecurity a fundamental bedrock of digital trust,” said Dave Vellante, chief analyst at theCUBE Research. “As AI accelerates both the scale of innovation and the sophistication of threats, the industry’s need for credible, deep-dive technical analysis has never been greater. We are proud to partner with RSAC 2026 to bring theCUBE’s unique brand and editorial perspective to Broadcast Alley, where we will explore how the world’s leading security practitioners are leveraging AI to stay ahead of the curve and build a more resilient future.”

To support this focus, News’s livesreaming studio theCUBE will deliver exclusive analyst-led reporting and expert interviews that examine cybersecurity resilience across technology and leadership. (* Disclosure below.)

Cybersecurity resilience as a system-level strategy

TheCUBE’s coverage will focus on how cybersecurity resilience is being operationalized as AI, identity and governance converge. Topics are set to include the rise of agentic AI in security operations, the growing importance of the Model Context Protocol as a trust boundary, and the challenges of securing AI-assisted development pipelines as software supply chains expand. Identity will be examined as the foundational control plane for zero trust, spanning both human and machine actors.

“Our AppDev and DevSecOps research shows that cybersecurity resilience is evolving from a defensive posture into an engineered capability,” said Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst at theCUBE Research. “Industry data underscores this shift, with over 70% of organizations deploying AI-powered threat detection and response tools and more than 80% of security leaders identifying AI as central to modern defense strategies. Autonomous systems and accelerating risk have redefined what resilience means in practice. Yet the resilience imperative isn’t just about technology adoption; it’s about governance, identity, and strategic integration.”

Nearly eight in 10 organizations expect AI to play a major role in shaping future cybersecurity strategies, yet research shows that as many as 90% of enterprises remain unprepared for AI-driven threats. That disconnect underscores ongoing gaps in resilient system design and governance, reinforcing the need to build resilience into infrastructure, operations and decision-making rather than confining it to a standalone security layer, Nashawaty added.

In addition to technology shifts, theCUBE’s RSAC coverage will explore governance maturity, cross-sector collaboration and the human factors shaping modern security programs. Community-driven information sharing, ethical frameworks for AI risk and strategies for addressing burnout will be treated as core elements of resilience, not side conversations. 

“I expect RSAC to really have a big focus this year on what is coming with things such as AI, quantum and cloud-native Technologies, and how the mass amounts of different types of data are actually secured going forward. Data security and resilience will be on full display,” said Rob Strechay, principal analyst at theCUBE Research. 

Follow all of theCUBE’s coverage through theCUBE’s RSAC event site, where livestreams, interviews and analysis will be published throughout the event and beyond. You can also register to attend the event, which is taking place in San Francisco from Mar. 23-26. Plus, you can watch theCUBE’s event coverage on-demand after the live event.

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for RSAC 2026. Neither RSAC, the sponsor of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or News.)

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