The RSAC Conference, a major cybersecurity gathering in the spring, is coming up and the impacts of agents will be on full display. Scott Crawford, Brenon Daly, and Dan Kennedy join host Eric Hanselman to explore their expectations and look at what's been taking place in both the marketplace, investments and M&A activity. Agents are automating tasks, not jobs, and there are a great set of use cases, but they're not a panacea. There will be disruption, but it will be in specific areas, rather than a universal replacement of existing tooling.

Are we industrializing the automated creation of software? Will agents really replace SaaS applications? We're clearly in the early days, but these questions are causing massive market shifts. A better question is how agentic interactions will change how we interact with the applications that drive businesses today.

Join the team at RSAC and get all the details we didn't have time to cover. The annual 451 Research breakfast will be on, as always, so you can meet the team in person.

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Credits:

• Host/Author: Eric Hanselman
• Guests: Scott Crawford, Brenon Daly, Daniel Kennedy
• Producer/Editor: Feranmi Adeoshun
• Published With Assistance From: Sophie Carr, Kyra Smith