The Dust Has Settled: Top Takeaways from RSAC & BSidesSF 2026

The Dust Has Settled: Top Takeaways from RSAC & BSidesSF 2026

Darwin Salazar of The Cybersecurity Pulse summarizes RSAC/BSidesSF takeaways on AI security, covering build-vs-buy tradeoffs, MCP-enabled agents, data lakes, and shifting SOC architectures. He highlights rising attack velocity, data security concerns, and recent supply chain compromises that underscore the need for composable, data-aware defenses. #TeamPCP #LiteLLM

Keypoints

  • Darwin recaps RSAC/BSidesSF insights on how AI and agentic tooling are reshaping security operations.
  • The build vs. buy debate centers on the messy gap between MVP and production readiness and ongoing maintenance costs.
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) is enabling AI agents to query tools and take automated actions across investigations and response.
  • Decoupled architectures—security data lakes (e.g., Scanner.dev) and data pipelines (e.g., Monad)—are disrupting the SIEM model.
  • Recent software supply chain incidents (Trivy, TeamPCP, LiteLLM, npm/PyPI compromises) highlight escalating risk to tooling and dependencies.

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