AI: Icing on the Cake of Security Solutions

Our CSTO Karthik Swarnam joins Dana live from RSA Conference 2025 to discuss how AI is influencing the evolution of security tools and platforms. In a landscape saturated with AI-labeled offerings, Karthik emphasizes the importance of grounding innovation in real, practitioner-focused value. He shares how AI can streamline prioritization, accelerate remediation, and reduce overload—not by replacing essential security practices, but by reinforcing them. As the “icing on the cake,” AI technologies are only meaningful atop robust core capabilities. This discussion also explores where AI adds efficiency, where it still falls short, and how CISOs can evaluate its role in securing digital assets at scale.