Making Endpoints Sexy Again: AI in the SOC and the Future of the CISO
RSAC 2026
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14m
Techstrong Group’s Alan Shimel sits down with Sophos CTO John Peterson live from Broadcast Alley at RSAC to discuss how the relentless speed of agentic AI is making endpoint security sexy all over again. Peterson shares his incredible nine-year journey scaling Sophos Central, diving deep into how their massive MDR operation is leveraging AI to automate tedious SOC tasks and tackle the newest bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle. Ultimately, they explore the burning question on everyone's mind: will AI replace the CISO, or simply free security leaders to focus on high-level strategy as the volume of machine-speed vulnerabilities explodes?
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