RSA Conference 2025: How Agentic AI Is Redefining Trust, Identity, and Access at Scale
Security Boulevard, Friday, May 9th, 2025
There is a good chance that when you hear "San Francisco," you immediately think of cable cars. These moving national landmarks have been continually operating since 1873.
This technology relies on tracks and a robust underlying cable technology, mostly hidden away from the public eye. This made SF the perfect backdrop for conversations about a modern technology that needs tracks and guardrails: agentic AI.
If there was a common thread among the conversations at this year's RSA Conference, it was the emergence of agentic AI as an operational "colleague," not just a tool. This path poses a lot of questions for trust, governance, and identity in security. We are no longer merely integrating AI; we're now onboarding it.
Here are just a few takeaways from this year's edition of the largest security conference on earth.