Data Security Foundation for AI: RSAC 2026 Insights | Cyera | Cyera Blog

At RSA Conference the author observed a shift from pilot AI projects to operational AI adoption, emphasizing that data security and data context are foundational to safely deploying AI and agentic systems. Key trends highlighted include security teams enabling AI innovation by providing guardrails, the rapid velocity of AI innovation requiring new approaches, the central role of data as a "lighthouse" for AI, growing interest in agentic AI that acts on data, and platform consolidation in AI security; the piece concludes with a promotion of Cyera's data-centric offerings and a call to book a demo.