It’s Saturday morning. You’ve decided to sleep in after last night’s bender, and you can’t be bothered about the sound of your phone ringing. You decide to brush it off and go back to sleep, but the phone won’t stop ringing. You wake up and scan your surroundings. Your wife’s missing. You let the phone ring until it’s silent and bury your head in your pillow to block out the splitting headache that’s slowly building up. A single message tone goes off.

Finding and fixing security issues in your code has its challenges. Chief among them is the important step of actually changing your code to fix the problem. Getting there is a process: sorting through security tickets, deciphering what those security findings mean and where they come from in the source code, and then determining how to fix the problem so you can get back to development. Not to worry — AI will take care of everything, right?

Whether or not you made it to RSA 2023, here are two key themes we saw throughout this year’s conference.

At RSA Conference 2023, a number of Netskopers from across the organization who attended the event in San Francisco shared commentary on the trends, topics, and takeaways from this year’s conference.

It is clear a new technology is taking hold when it becomes impossible to avoid hearing about it. That’s the case with generative AI. Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and the more approachable ChatGPT are making waves the world over. Generative AI is exciting, and it’s causing a real fear of missing out for tech companies as they try to match competitors.

As we witness a growing number of cyber-attacks and data breaches, the demand for advanced cybersecurity solutions is becoming critical. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful contender to help solve pressing cybersecurity problems. Let’s explore the benefits, challenges, and potential risks of AI in cybersecurity using a Q&A composed of questions I hear often.