Agentic NetOps: The Right Direction, and the Real Work Ahead
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NetBrain CEO Insights from ISMG Interview at RSAC
How Agentic AI decodes network intent to automate diagnosis
In the rapidly evolving world of IT infrastructure, preventing recurring network outages has always been a daunting challenge. But as highlighted in a recent ISMG interview with NetBrain founder, CEO, and chairman, Lingping Gao, at RSAC 2025, a new era is dawning—powered by agentic AI and intent-based automation.
Gao has spent over two decades tackling the persistent question every IT leader faces after an outage: “How can we prevent this from happening again?” According to Gao, the answer lies in understanding and automating the “intent” behind every network function—a feat that’s been nearly impossible with manual documentation and traditional automation.
With NetBrain’s latest release, Gao explains, “We were able to decode all the intent underlying your network. Then agentic AI overlays on top of it. You’re able to automatically diagnose it… and try to prevent problems to stay ahead of the game.” This approach transforms network management from reactive firefighting to proactive prevention.
What Sets NetBrain’s Agentic AI Apart?
The Information Security Media Group article underscores three core components that make NetBrain’s agentic AI revolutionary:
Reasoning Capability: The AI can proactively monitor and enforce network intents, making real-time decisions that keep your infrastructure secure and resilient.
Vast Memory: Agentic AI remembers millions of data points, enabling it to learn from every incident and apply that knowledge instantly across your network.
Tool Invocation: Each “intent” in NetBrain’s platform is an automation tool, orchestrated by AI to solve complex, context-rich problems—far beyond what traditional automation can achieve.
Gao puts it simply: “Agentic AI is a once in a lifetime innovation. That entire society, including our society, IT infrastructure, security can step on top of it.”
Building Herd Immunity for Network Security
One of the most exciting concepts introduced by NetBrain is herd immunity for networks. As Gao describes, “With the newer technology intent based on agentic AI innovations, what happened in the whole society? As long as I see it, I can define it and I can download that pattern and analyze my infrastructure, my network and figure out, ‘oh, I have similar issues.’”
NetBrain’s “Golden Assessment” allows organizations to instantly learn from incidents across the industry. If a new threat is identified anywhere, the defense pattern can be downloaded and applied to your own environment—helping you stay ahead of emerging risks and building a collective shield against outages and attacks.
Real Business Impact: Lower Costs, More Agility, Less Human Dependency
Gao emphasizes the tangible benefits: “We’re talking about a lower operational cost. We’re talking about less dependency on humans. With agentic AI, those are going to be rapidly realized.” By shifting repetitive and complex tasks to AI, IT teams gain agility and can focus on higher-value work, while the network becomes more resilient and self-sustaining.
AI-Augmented Human Expertise
Looking ahead, Gao envisions a future where AI learns from humans, augments their expertise, and ultimately enables a new level of automation and prevention. “Every day we see something exciting and new… Slow automation through AI is going to help us automatically prevent and even diagnose cyber issues. That’s unheard of, but that’s the reality now and that’s what NetBrain is working on.”
Ready to experience the future of network outage prevention?
Explore the full ISMG interview with Lingping Gao and discover how NetBrain’s agentic AI can transform your IT operations. Visit NetBrain’s website or contact us for a demo and see how you can build herd immunity for your network—today.
This blog is inspired by the ISMG article and interview with NetBrain CEO Lingping Gao at RSAC Conference 2025. For more insights, read the full ISMG article.