Security posture is measured not only by how quickly a threat or sensitive data exposure is detected and contained. It’s also calculated by how confidently an organization can recover and continue operating when something goes wrong. That’s one of the reasons why recovery is no longer a separate IT function operating alongside security. Instead, it is a critical component of security and a strategic capability that now enables AI transformation.
The role of resilience in the enterprise has changed. What began as insurance against natural disasters or cyberattacks has evolved into a core part of cybersecurity strategy. Now, in the era of AI agents, resilience must address the risks posed by systems that automate decision making and act on mission-critical data assets.
As agents gain greater autonomy to execute entire, end-to-end business processes, resilience will increasingly converge with security and data operations. And, with AI now a potential “insider threat,” the ability to detect and recover from data mishaps, as well as cyber threats, is the key to organizations keeping pace in the AI transformation race. To meet the security and business continuity challenges facing us, decades-old data and cross-functional collaboration problems must be solved. The data itself must be understood, governed, defended, and recovered in context.
As security and data protection expectations evolve, so will we. In the AI era, data and risk are both increasing in complexity. This evolution demands that data security and resilience operations become near real-time. It also needs precision, which requires integration and automation.
Veeam is committed to creating a common operating picture of the data estate that IT, security, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), and business stakeholders can align around. Our vision for our customers is that they can:
- Understand their data
- Secure it as it moves across production and backup environments
- Build data and AI trust throughout its entire lifecycle
That vision is why we are at RSAC 2026. Our roots are in resilience, and our mission is data and AI trust.
Security Throughout the Data Lifecycle
If our mission is data and AI trust, that begins with visibility and context. Organizations cannot protect what they can’t see or don’t fully understand. Data moves across cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments. It is accessed by users, applications, and automated systems with varying permissions. Risk arises at the intersection of these contextual factors.
Building trust requires knowing the following:
- Where sensitive data lives
- How it is classified
- Who and what has access to it
- What permissions those identities have
All this includes the ability to see, at a granular level, all the actions being taken against data by AI agents. Without this contextual awareness, security teams have blind spots and are unable to apply and effectively enforce security controls. Likewise, data protection teams are unable to engage in impact-based resilience planning.
Our evolution reflects this reality. We are marrying data protection with continuous discovery and mapping, as well as data-centric security that is enforced as the data is used or moved. When security, IT, and GRC teams operate from a shared view of their data, they are finally able to work synchronously. When data intelligence and data-centric security policies extend from the creation of that data into the backup environment, and through to its disposal, precision alerting and precision recovery modernize your resilience program.
Why Precision Matters More Than Ever
As data environments grow more dynamic, automation and AI increasingly shape how decisions are made and actions are taken. Systems move faster. Workflows trigger automatically. Data is copied, analyzed, shared, and acted upon at machine speed. With that shift comes expanded impact.
In this environment, traditional response models fall short. Detecting an issue and restoring it broadly is no longer enough. Security teams need precision. They must understand what changed, all the way down to the file and field levels, then being able to assess impact and respond in a way that preserves operational stability. The greater the automation, the more the need for control.
This is where data resilience and data security converge to enable AI trust. When organizations have visibility across the entire data estate and confidence in their recovery posture, they can respond deliberately, contain issues effectively, and move forward without amplifying risk.
As AI becomes embedded in more systems and workflows, trust depends on continuous policy enforcement and precise, context-aware responses when activities deviate from policy or intent. Precision strengthens resilience.
Veeam Built the Answer to Agentic Environments
Achieving precision and speed requires highly-accurate discovery and classification of the data being protected. Teams, processes, and technologies must be consolidated or tightly integrated to establish a single operating model powered by a common operating picture.
As AI agents increasingly interact with sensitive data, that need for precision becomes even more critical. Organizations must be able to do the following:
- Detect AI risks with contextual intelligence
- Protect AI systems with data controls and runtime guardrails
- Undo AI mistakes with precision rollbacks
This is the purpose of Agent Commander, which extends resilience into agentic environments and delivers complete visibility and control.
The goal is not simply to move faster. It is to operate with confidence. When resilience and trust are built into workflows from the start, security, IT, GRC, and business stakeholders can embrace innovation without sacrificing control.
The Shift for Security Leaders
Security programs built for yesterday’s environments will struggle to keep pace with today’s complexity and risk velocity. The future favors organizations that align resilience with security from the start, extend visibility and control across the data lifecycle, and operate with precision in agentic environments. Trust is no longer implied. It is engineered, enforced, and provable.
At RSAC 2026, we are bringing this evolution to life. See how organizations can integrate governance, data security, and resilience into a unified operating model built for modern environments. Learn more about our presence at RSAC 2026, visit us at Booth S-427 in the South Expo, or book a meeting with our team for an onsite demonstration.
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