RSAC 2026: Agentic AI Security Takes Center Stage at Industry’s Marquee Event
If RSAC 2025 was the year the industry debated AI’s role in security, RSAC 2026 was the year the debate ended. Agentic AI, with its autonomous systems that perceive, decide, and act without human intervention, dominated every keynote, expo-floor conversation, and press release at this year’s conference.
Research Note: CrowdStrike’s Shopping Spree, Acquires SGNL and Seraphic
CrowdStrike announced two strategic acquisitions in January 2026 that extend its Falcon platform into browser runtime security and continuous identity authorization. The company acquired SGNL for $740 million and Seraphic Security for an undisclosed amount, with both transactions expected to close in Q1 FY2027.
Research Note: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security
CrowdStrike recently launched its new Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security, a unified platform that consolidates identity protection capabilities across human, non-human, and AI agent identities within hybrid environments. The solution integrates initial access prevention, privileged access management (PAM), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), SaaS identity security, and agentic identity protection into the existing Falcon platform architecture.