Human vs. AI: Debates Shape RSAC 2026 Cybersecurity Trends

An RSAC 2026 day-one transcript and summary outlining industry discussion about the rapidly growing emphasis on AI (including agentic AI) in security products, debate among CISOs around human-in-the-loop versus human-on-the-loop approaches, rising supply-chain attacks against open-source ecosystems and info-stealer worms, and trends showing ransomware encryption payments decreasing while data theft remains a major concern. The piece reports observations and panel debate rather than providing technical incident details, indicators, or remediation guidance.