Image: RSA Conference 2026 RSA Conference yet again welcomed scores of security practitioners, executives, and infrastructure providers to San Francisco this year. I had the opportunity to attend in person and meet with thirty companies over four long days. Not surprisingly, agentic AI security punctuated all my conversations. With a continued theme of summarizing my event attendance with three big takeaways – let’s dive in! You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See Agentic frameworks are moving at hyper speed, and enterprises are struggling to keep pace. Historically, technology roadmap refreshes were measured in years. In contrast, modern AI application innovation can be measured in months. OpenClaw experimentation is a glaring…
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Fortinet welcomed a record number of attendees to its Accelerate 2026 event in Las Vegas. I had the opportunity to spend a full day with the company’s leadership team and customers, learning more about the firewall category leader and its broad, deep portfolio of secure networking solutions. With the theme of summarizing my event attendance with three big takeaways, let’s dive in! FortiOS 8.0 And FortiSOC Two big announcements punctuated Accelerate 2026. First, the introduction of FortiOS 8.0 builds on the company’s investment in the operating system launched nearly 25 years ago, which powers its security fabric. Enhancements include AI runtime security controls, SASE enhancements, and new quantum-safe capabilities. From…
