Daniel Bernard, Crowdstrike & Mark Hughes, IBM
This conversation at RSAC 2026 explores securing and scaling artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. Daniel Bernard of CrowdStrike and Mark Hughes of IBM join hosts Dave Vellante and Christophe Bertrand on theCUBE Research stage to discuss AI-enabled security operations center transformation, agent orchestration and the newly announced CrowdStrike–IBM collaboration. Bernard highlights CrowdStrike product and platform expertise around Charlotte AI and AgentWorks, and they describe how custom agents enable analysts to scale outcomes without simply hiring more staff. Hughes outlines IBM’s approach to autonomous security operations centers, identity-driven orchestration and operationalizing governance and fail-safe controls across complex legacy estates, and they explain how watsonx governance blueprints and Atom orchestration reduce total cost of ownership. Key takeaways include accelerating platform adoption through agentic automation, prioritizing data and identity hygiene, and embedding governance and fail-safe controls to operationalize AI securely and at scale. The CrowdStrike–IBM collaboration focuses on integrating agent orchestration and governance to help enterprises implement autonomous SOC workflows and improve security operations efficiency. Watch the full conversation for practical insights on AI governance, autonomous SOC design, identity-driven orchestration and agent strategy for modern cybersecurity programs.