AI Agents Take Centre Stage at RSA 2026 as Threats Multiply

On 24 April 2026, SecurityWeek reports from the RSA Conference in San Francisco where Agentic AI dominated the discourse, highlighting AI as an actor rather than just a tool. The piece notes developments like Mythos, a next‑generation AI framework said to orchestrate multi‑step cyber operations, emphasising both its promise and risk.

It cites the Cloud Security Alliance predicting a surge in simultaneous AI‑powered attacks and urging defenders to fight AI with AI, while OpenAI has expanded its Trusted Access for Cyber programme to support thousands of verified defenders and hundreds of security teams. Gartner is quoted forecasting AI spending to grow by 44 percent in 2026 and to reach $47 trillion by 2029, far exceeding its projected $238 billion for information security and risk management solutions in 2026.

The article argues that agentic AI should be treated as an identity—authenticating, accessing systems, and performing actions within environments—and that identity threat detection forms a practical foundation for defending against rogue agents.