Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Webinar presenting findings from the State of IaC 2026 report, including unpublished data
- Focuses on Infrastructure as Code adoption, AI integration in infrastructure pipelines, and disaster recovery preparedness
- Addresses configuration drift, production incident correlation, and governance challenges for AI agents
- Intended for infrastructure engineers, DevOps practitioners, and cloud platform teams
- Includes forward-looking predictions for Infrastructure as Code trends in 2027
Introduction
The State of IaC in 2026 webinar examines the current landscape of Infrastructure as Code practices, with particular attention to the growing role of artificial intelligence in managing cloud infrastructure. Scheduled for August 2026, this session targets infrastructure professionals, DevOps engineers, and platform teams navigating the intersection of automation, AI adoption, and operational resilience. The timing reflects an industry at a critical juncture: organisations are rapidly deploying AI-assisted tooling in their infrastructure pipelines while grappling with trust, observability, and governance concerns that have yet to be fully resolved.
About This Event
This webinar presents findings from the annual State of IaC 2026 report, a survey of hundreds of infrastructure professionals conducted earlier this year. Beyond the published report, the session will reveal supplementary data that was not included in the final publication, offering attendees a more comprehensive view of current industry practices. Eran Bibi, CPTO, will share predictions for how Infrastructure as Code practices are expected to evolve through 2027 as cloud teams increasingly incorporate AI agents into their workflows.
AI Adoption and Trust in Infrastructure Pipelines
Survey data indicates that nearly half of infrastructure teams have already permitted AI tooling to interact with production environments. However, this adoption has outpaced the development of robust governance frameworks. Many practitioners report a lack of trust in AI-driven changes, and a significant portion cannot definitively attribute recent production incidents to AI-initiated modifications. This gap between deployment velocity and operational visibility represents one of the central tensions the webinar will address.
The session will identify what survey respondents cited as the primary obstacle to AI adoption within their Infrastructure as Code pipelines. Understanding these blockers is essential for organisations seeking to balance the efficiency gains of AI-assisted infrastructure management against the risks of reduced human oversight and accountability.
Disaster Recovery and Configuration Drift
Disaster recovery confidence emerges from the survey as both the most significant gap and the greatest opportunity within current IaC practices. Despite the maturity of declarative infrastructure tooling, many organisations still lack confidence in their ability to recover from major incidents. This suggests that while teams have adopted IaC for provisioning and day-to-day operations, the discipline has not yet fully extended to resilience planning and recovery validation.
Configuration drift—where actual infrastructure state diverges from its declared configuration—remains a persistent challenge. The webinar will present data on how many practitioners have been able to trace production incidents back to unmanaged drift within the past year. This correlation between drift and outages underscores the importance of continuous state reconciliation and the risks of allowing infrastructure to deviate from its intended configuration without detection.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for infrastructure engineers, site reliability engineers, DevOps practitioners, and cloud platform architects responsible for managing and governing infrastructure at scale. It will be particularly relevant for those evaluating AI-assisted tooling, developing governance policies for autonomous agents, or seeking to benchmark their organisation’s IaC maturity against industry peers. Leaders responsible for disaster recovery strategy and incident management will also find value in the discussion of resilience gaps identified in the survey data.