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RSA® Conference 2015 Opens Today in San Francisco
RSA®
Conference, the world's leading information security conferences and
expositions, kicked off its annual show today at San Francisco's Moscone
Center to an expected record breaking attendance. Taking place April 20
to April 24, RSA Conference 2015 brings together the top information
security professionals and business leaders to discuss emerging
cybersecurity trends and formulate best strategies for tackling current
and future threats.
This year's Conference includes a notable lineup of featured speakers
from the industry, including:
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Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing,
Microsoft Corporation
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Amit Chatterjee, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions
and Technology Group, CA (News - Alert) Technologies
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Art Gilliland, Senior Vice President and General Manager of
Enterprise Security Products, HP
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Chris Hoff, Vice President & Chief Technical Officer Security,
Juniper Networks
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The Cryptographers panel, featuring Whitfield Diffie, Cryptographer
& Security Expert, Cryptomathic; Ed Giorgio, CEO, Ponte
Technologies; Ronald Rivest, Vannevar Bush Professor, MIT; Adi
Shamir, Professor, Computer Science Department, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Israel; and moderated by Paul Kocher, President and
Chief Scientist, Cryptography Research, Inc.
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Amit Mital, Executive Vice President, Emerging Endpoints and
Chief Technology Officer, Symantec
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Martin Roesch, Vice President and Chief Architect, Cisco
Security Business Group
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Amit Yoran, President, RSA
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Christopher Young, Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Intel (News - Alert) Security Group
This year's Conference will also feature special guest keynotes from:
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Alec Baldwin, Award Winning Actor
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Zak Ebrahain, Author, The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice,
Nonviolence advocate and lecturer
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Doris Kearns Goodwin, World-renowned Presidential Historian and
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
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Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Digital
Business, MIT Sloan School of Management and Fellow, Harvard Law
School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
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Diana Nyad, World Record Holder and Legendary Swimmer
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Herbert "Hugh" Thompson, Ph.D, Program Committee Chair, RSA
Conference
"This year, the spotlight has been on cybersecurity more than ever. From
massive breaches to the announcement of President Obama's new
cybersecurity initiatives, the information security industry certainly
has a lot to talk about," said Linda Gray, General Manager of RSA
Conference. "Over the course of the Conference, we'll be challenging the
status quo of thoughts and procedures, and we will come up with new ways
to secure our digital future."
Some of the highlights at RSA Conference 2015 include:
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Innovation
Sandbox - Kicking off on Monday, April 20, the popular
Innovation Sandbox program will culminate with one finalist being
named "RSA Conference 2015's Most Innovative Company." The 2015 event
marks 10 years since the event launched at RSA Conference 2005 as
Innovation Station!
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Sandbox - After our Innovation
Sandbox Contest wraps up, the competition area will transform into an
area filled with opportunities for experiential learning and
networking. Attendees will improve their network security skills by
joining the hands-on SANS NetWars or can get a caffeine fix at the
Cybrew Coffee Bar. Regardless of when attendees swing by The Sandbox,
there will be abundant opportunities to discover new solutions and
share individual perspectives with colleagues.
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Into the Woods: Protecting Our Youth from the
Wolves of Cyberspace - Today's headlines are crowded with
stories of kids who fall victim to cybercrimes, including online
bullying and predatory behavior. We can't supervise every dark corner
of the Internet, so what is the answer? Stricter laws? Aggressive
pursuit of offenders? Education of our kids? This keynote panel will
discuss challenges and offer solutions designed to ensure the safety
of our children.
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Exclusive Sessions on Industry Hot Topics
- Throughout the week, RSA Conference will be hosting a number of
sessions covering pressing topics like the Internet of Things, threat
intelligence, Application Security & DevOps and much more. Some
top-rated sessions for 2015 include:
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License to Kill: Malware Hunting with the Sysinternals Tools
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No More Snake Oil: 6 Reasons Why InfoSec Needs Guarantees
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The Six Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques and What's Coming Next
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Android Security: Data from the Front Lines
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Endpoints in the New Age: Apps, Mobility, and the Internet of
Things
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Peer2Peer Sessions - These highly
interactive gatherings are an opportunity for attendees who share a
common interest to explore various security issues and topics.
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Crowdsourced Sessions - Year after
year we receive a flood of high-quality speaker submissions and it's
always a challenge to choose the best ones. For RSA Conference 2015,
we shared some of that challenge by opening up the judging to our
industry peers who helped us identify unique sessions that will get
the audience talking and keep everyone engaged.
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Learning Labs - Learning Labs
offer in-depth learning and high interactivity before, during and
after Conference. The two-hour Labs target senior security information
practitioners (10+ years).
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RSAC Cyber Safety Village/Tech Museum of
Innovation - In partnership with San Jose's Tech
Museum of Innovation, RSA Conference 2015 will transform Moscone West
(level 2) into the Cyber Safety Village, where Conference attendees
will get a sneak preview of The Tech's upcoming new exhibit-Cyber
Detectives.
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RSAC TV - RSAC TV is our
very own onsite recording studio! RSAC TV programming will feature the
best of RSA Conference content distilled into concise and engaging
presentations. Speaker interviews and RSAC Studio sessions will be
recorded throughout the week. Attendees can even join the live studio
audience to hear from some of the best minds in information security.
RSA Conference would like to extend its thanks to 2015 sponsors: Juniper
Networks, Microsoft, RSA Cisco, FireEye, Akamai, Ixia, Splunk (News - Alert), HP, Intel
Security, Qualys, Symantec, HOB, Sophos, TeleTrusT, Trend Micro,
Websense, AhnLab, Barracuda, Blue Coat, CA Technologies, Entrust, HID,
Narus, Palo Alto Networks, SafeNet, Secunia, Tripwire (News - Alert), Trustwave,
Venafi, Veracode, Verizon, Aligiance, Attachmate, BeyondTrust,
Checkmarx, Citrix, Covisint, Entersekt, Identity Finder, Intel,
Jiransoft, Lancope, Lieberman Software, LynuxWorks, NagraID Security,
Proofpoint, Quintessence Labs, Sourcefire, SSH Communications Security,
SynerComm, Sypris, Tenable Network Security, UNICOM Engineering, Unisys,
and, Vormetric.
A complete RSA Conference 2015 agenda can be found at: http://www.rsaconference.com/events/us15/agenda
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