Cybersecurity experts from all over the world came together for the RSAC 2026 Conference to talk about how digital security is changing This article explores ai cybersecurity. . The official theme of the conference, "The Power of Community," stressed the importance of working together to solve cybersecurity problems.

In this new issue of the Monthly Reporters' Notebook series, Rob Wright from ZeroOwl News, Alissa Irei from TechTarget SearchSecurity, and Eric Geller from Cybersecurity Dive talk about the main topics at the event. Informa TechTarget's internal AI assistant has carefully edited the transcript to make it clearer and shorter. Many people are worried about losing their jobs and how AI will be used in different fields, such as cybersecurity. The organizers made it clear that we still need people, even though AI can do a lot.

Researchers stressed how important it is to have people involved and be careful when rolling out and coding agentic AI systems.

Some high-ranking officials said that getting rid of human oversight would make things run more smoothly, which is what AI technology is all about. Eric Geller from DR says that the lack of federal oversight is interesting and probably won't ease worries about AI, which are currently widespread. Rob Wright: Many SOC managers are looking for ways to improve analysts' roles by using more AI in threat analysis.

He says that AI supervisors will be needed just like human supervisors are needed for human workers because no system is perfect. Wright: Even though there has been a lot of research on the weaknesses and new attack surfaces that AI creates, it seems that most organizations are not likely to change their minds.

Businesses are under more and more pressure to get the most out of their AI investments while also trying to cut costs, save money, and hire fewer people. The team can't handle all the vulnerability reports that are coming in. A lot of these reports come from automated agents looking for problems, which often give bad results or false positives.

Dr. Rob Wright says that AI companies might see this as a chance to improve their algorithms by using AI to look at huge amounts of data and find useful patterns. He says that this approach shows how important it is to get help from others and to stay positive about what AI can do for cybersecurity.