EventsSplunk .conf26: Trust is Key for the Agentic EraFernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Splunk .conf26, where Cisco made trust and cost the gate on the agentic SOC and positioned the data and control layer beneath the agents as the thing worth owning.Fernando Montenegro·September 22, 2026
EventsCrowdStrike Bets on Its Own Models to Secure the AI RevolutionFernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes CrowdStrike’s Fal.Con 2026: an ambitious, largely defensible push into its own AI models and agent security, anchored to the endpoint and the promise to stop breaches.Fernando Montenegro·September 8, 2026
EventsA Loud Floor and a Quiet Gap: Security Summer Camp 2026Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley of Futurum unpack Black Hat and DEF CON 2026: an agentic-AI wave on every booth, a record funding surge, a widening capability gap, and what a board will actually fund.Fernando Montenegro, Mitch Ashley·August 13, 2026