Pulse Report: RSAC 2026 Conference Has New Center of Gravity

130+ Interviews, 12 Weighted Judgments, 3 Acts, Confidence Ratings on Every Chapter Dan Verton (https://x.com/DanielVerton) • April 28, 2026

Most conference coverage tells you who said what. The Pulse Report on RSAC Conference 2026 tells you what it means, what's contested and how confident you should be.

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What's Inside

The Pulse Report includes 12 chapters across three acts - transformation, crisis and response - synthesized from more than 130 interviews with practitioners, CISOs, vendors, investors, government officials and independent analysts.

Selected findings:

• For the first time in 35 years of RSAC, every dangerous attack technique has artificial intelligence at its core.
• 80% of ransomware is now AI-managed.
• Vendors planned for about 25 enterprise agents per customer. Now customers are running thousands of them, and at least 90% of organizations have deployed agents. No customers are confident ...