This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of key trends, announcements, and other IDC insights from RSAC Conference 2025, held from April 28 to May 1 in San Francisco, California. This document highlights key trends identified at RSAC across cybersecurity product and service market segments, including agentic AI, data security and privacy, SOC automation, cybersecurity LLMs, and security platformization. "GenAI and agentic AI are poised to influence cybersecurity products, services, and processes as it races to keep up with the evolving threat landscape. RSAC 2025 underscored the industry's shift toward building more comprehensive security solutions to address emerging security challenges." — Jaclynn Anderson, research director, Cybersecurity, IDC
Executive Snapshot
New Market Developments and Dynamics
Introduction
Event Key Themes
GenAI/Agentic AI Dominates Focus
A Platform Approach to AI Deployment
GenAI and Agentic AI Driving Data Security and Privacy Themes
AI Accelerates Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software
The Next Frontier of the SOC: From Automation to Autonomy
AI Agent Management
SIEM Functionality Enhancements
Exposure Management Sector Evolving
Encryption Risks from Quantum Computing
DSPM, AI-SPM Moving Toward CNAPP Integration
Regulations Ignite Confidential Computing Activity
AI Bill of Materials and Confidential AI Activity Building
One Platform — All Identities
Customized Cybersecurity LLMs Evolve
Endpoint Protection Focuses on Enhancing Business Performance
Integration and Interoperability
Fewer Silos from AI, Security, and Transformation
Security Services
Announcement Highlights
Palo Alto Protect AI
CrowdStrike Pulse Services
GoSecure Managed Network Detection Response Service
IBM Autonomous Threat Operations Machine
Cisco Foundation-sec-8B Large Language Model
Akamai's Firewall for AI
ExtraHop All-in-One Virtual or Physical Sensor
ForcePoint Data Security Cloud
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