In March the clocks change, Spring begins to show its face, and many companies enter their next financial quarter. But in cybersecurity, no such rays of sunshine are to be found.

In the past week, speakers from across the cybersecurity industry came together at RSAC Conference to warn about the latest threats facing businesses. Some warned that just as AI agents are becoming an opportunity for leaders, they’re also becoming a potential threat vector.

Also this month, Arm has unveiled its first in-house chip, the Arm AGI CPU. What does it mean, and is this a win for UK tech?

In this episode Jane and Rory welcome back Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and analysis editor, to unpack some of the biggest news items from throughout March.

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• Enterprises need to think of agents as ‘digital co-workers’ – and that means implementing the same security safeguards
• Observability will be key to agentic AI safety, says Microsoft Security exec
• The key risks security teams face in 2026
• Tenable co-CEO Stephen Vintz says enterprises need to get serious about tackling the AI “responsibility gap”
• Systems are deterministic, people are probabilistic – AI is both, and that's a headache for cyber teams