Commvault at RSAC: Clean Recovery, AI Risk, and the New Security Playbook

Just wrapped up a conversation with Vidya Shankaran, CISSP from Commvault here at RSAC, and honestly, this one made me pause and rethink a few things. We talk a lot about resilience, threat detection, and now AI data. But what stood out to me is how the conversation is shifting from just “can you recover” to “can you recover clean”.That’s a big difference.With Vidya, we went deep into what’s actually broken in traditional recovery models and why “verified clean recovery” is becoming critical. Not just recovering fast, but recovering without bringing the threat back with you.We also got into the real tradeoff teams are dealing with today. Speed vs accuracy in threat detection. Quick scans vs deeper AI inspection. And the answer is not either or, it is how you combine both in practice.Another big takeaway for me was around AI data becoming a new attack surface. Most teams are still thinking about structured data, but AI pipelines, embeddings, and unstructured data are now part of the risk layer.And the blind spots are bigger than most people think. We also touched on something I hear a lot from teams. How do you actually enforce governance without slowing everyone down. There is no perfect answer, but there are better ways to approach it.If you are thinking about resilience, especially in an AI-first world, this conversation is worth your time.Let me know what stood out to you.#data #ai #security #rsac #theravitshow