As organizations experiment with agentic AI and autonomous security operations, many are discovering a difficult reality: AI is only as effective as the data and visibility behind it. Yet most enterprises still struggle to answer basic questions about their endpoints in real time.
In this conversation, we’ll explore how IT and security teams are evolving from reactive operations toward proactive, preventative, and ultimately autonomous models. The journey begins with real-time endpoint intelligence—the ability to see, understand, and act across every endpoint in seconds.
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Read the interview summary from SC Media here: Tanium’s Tim Morris on real-time endpoint intelligence in the age of AI
- 0:00 - RSAC 2026 Interview with Tim Morris (Tanium)
- 0:30 - What “Autonomous” Means in Cybersecurity
- 01:06 - From Reactive to Autonomous Security
- 02:53 - Why We Must Rethink Autonomous Strategy
- 03:09 - The Foundation Problem: Bad Data & Visibility
- 04:15 - Why Asset Visibility Is Still Broken
- 04:53 - The Industry’s Biggest Blind Spot Explained
- 05:53 - Fragmented Tools & Data Silos in Security
- 07:48 - Can Agentic AI Solve the Data Problem?
- 09:06 - The Evolution of Tanium’s Architecture
- 10:30 - Why Traditional Data Lakes Fall Short
- 11:30 - Real-Time Visibility: The Game Changer
- 13:30 - Distributed AI Agents on Endpoints Explained
- 14:13 - The Future: Autonomous Security with AI Agents
- 15:39 - Final Thoughts & RSAC 2026 Coverage
Tim is a visionary leader and an IT and cyber security expert, with decades of experience across industries. He joined Tanium after retiring from Wells Fargo, where he was an SVP and led several teams in cyber operations, engineering, and research. He holds 25 US patents and has written many articles on cyber security topics. He is also a trusted source of insights and opinions for major publications and web shows, where he shares his knowledge and passion for the field.
Tim started his IT career as a developer and sysadmin in manufacturing, then moved to banking, where was a software packaging, scripting, active directory administration, and M&A projects. He has been dedicated to cybersecurity since 2009, specializing in areas such as detection and response, systems and patch management, vulnerability assessment, web-content filtering, malware analysis, red-teaming, and digital forensics.
