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RSA Conference

November 23, 2023

The RSA Conference is a series of IT security conferences. Approximately 45,000 people attend one of the conferences each year. It was founded in 1991 as a small cryptography conference. RSA conferences take place in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the United Arab Emirates each year. The conference also hosts educational, professional networking, and awards programs.

RSA Conference
RSA Conference 2022
StatusActive
GenreProfessional Conference
Date(s)May 6-9, 2024
FrequencySeveral times a year
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Asia & Japan, United Arab Emirates
Years active32 years ago
Inaugurated1991
FounderJim Bidzos
Previous eventMoscone Center, San Francisco, California, April 24-27, 2023
Next eventMoscone Center, San Francisco, California, May 6-9, 2024
ParticipantsIT Security Professionals
Attendance45,000
SponsorsRSA Security, Intel, Microsoft
Websitewww.rsaconference.com

History edit

Early history edit

The name RSA refers to the public-key encryption technology developed by RSA Data Security, Inc., which was founded in 1982. The abbreviation stands for Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman, the inventors of the technique. The idea for the first RSA conference was conceived in 1991 in a phone call between then RSA Security CEO Jim Bidzos and the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.[1] The first conference had just one panel, called "DES and DSS: Standards of Choice." It focused on why attendees should not adopt DSS, a standard that was expected to challenge RSA Security's status as the de facto standard for digital signatures.[2][3][1]: 22–23 

The event steadily grew and in 1993 it attracted more than 200 attendees.[1]: 24  [3] Known for many years as the RSA Data Security Conference,[4] it eventually became just the RSA Conference. Over time the conference grew more business-oriented with an older demographic and more vendors,[5] which led to competitive issues for a time in the 1990s; European competitors to RSA Security sometimes could not get a booth, so they hired people to pass out flyers at the RSA conference encouraging attendees to visit them at hotels nearby.[5] In 1995 the conference criticized the Clipper Chip. If implemented, the chip would have given the U.S. government direct access to evidence on telecommunications devices with the chip installed.[6] The conference put up posters with "Sink Clipper" in big letters.[7] By 1997 the conference had grown to 2,500 attendees.[8] The first European RSA Conference took place in 2000 and started with just 5 tracks.[9]

According to Network World the conference's focus expanded from cryptography into a broader IT security conference with larger attendance in 2005, when Microsoft CEO Bill Gates did the keynote presentation.[2] According to Bidzos, the purpose of the conference became "for all kinds of things: drive standards, organize some opposition to government policies, promote the RSA name, [and] give all of our customers an opportunity".[1]: 24  By 2008 the conference had 17,000 attendees and 375 participating IT security vendors.[3] It had 18 tracks and 230 sessions.[3]

Recent history edit

At the 2010 RSA conference, the Obama administration publicly revealed the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which was created in 2008 and formerly kept a secret.[7][10] In 2011, a California-based IT security company, HBGary, withdrew from speaking and exhibiting at the RSA conference, citing safety concerns. The company announced plans to reveal the identities of some members of the hacktivist group Anonymous and received retaliatory threats and hacks.[11] In 2014, 8 speakers boycotted the RSA conference after its sponsor, RSA Security, was accused of adding a backdoor to its products, so the National Security Agency could monitor users of RSA Security technology. The boycott began with then F-Secure Chief Technology Officer Mikko Hyppönen. He wanted RSA Security to apologize, whereas the company's statement was that the allegations were not true.[12][13] Some noted that the RSA conference and RSA Security company are only loosely connected.[12] Discussion at that year's conference was focused heavily on leaks by Edward Snowden and NSA involvement with American technology companies.[14]

The first RSA Conference in the Asia-Pacific was introduced in 2013.[15] This was followed by the inaugural United Arab Emirates conference two years later.[16] In 2015 the conference added a clause to exhibitor contracts effectively prohibiting "booth babes" by requiring professional attire on the exhibitor floor.[7][17] The policy was implemented in response to feedback that booth babes made the conference feel unprofessional. Fortune Magazine called the widespread practice of having booth babes at professional conferences "outdated" and unwelcoming to female attendees.[17] The following year, the RSA conference was focused on the FBI–Apple encryption dispute, regarding attempts by the government to gain access to iPhones containing evidence in criminal investigations.[7][18]

As of 2017, the conference has an estimated 40,000–43,000 attendees in the United States.[19][20] The 2021 conference was held 100% virtually, due to concerns about COVID-19.[21] The conference restored in-person events the following year.[22]

In 2020, RSA Conference and its parent company, RSA Security, were acquired by several investors in a $2 billion deal.[22] Two years later, RSA Security sold a majority interest in RSA Conference to private equity firm Crosspoint Capital Partners.[23] RSA Security sold its remaining interest in the RSA Conference events business to other investors in 2022.[22]

In the recent RSA Conference 2023, Generative AI was a topic of concern from a security perspective.[24] A clarion call to organizations was issued during the conference, urging them to incorporate AI that facilitates security and growth.[25]

Content edit

The RSA Conference is an international conference series on IT security that takes place in the United States, Europe, Asia/Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. It also provides internet safety education for consumers and children, a security scholar program for IT security students, and operates award programs typically bestowed at conferences.[26] For example, one award is the Innovation Sandbox contest, which involves ten startups that present their technology to a panel of judges.[19][27]

The 2017 conference in the U.S. had 15 keynotes, 700 speakers, 500 sessions, and 550 exhibitors.[20] An analysis of session keywords at the conference suggest that early conferences were focused on cryptography and commerce, but the topical focus of conferences transitioned to cloud and cybersecurity in the early 2000s.[28] Each conference has a theme, a practice that began in 1995.[2] Additionally, there are typically one or two IT security topics that the conference organizers pick to focus on each year.[19] Speaking positions at the RSA conference are highly competitive, with thousands of submissions for a few hundred speaking positions.[13]

RSA Conference Awards edit

The RSA conference provides annual awards to recognize outstanding people and organizations in the following areas by the following awards:[29]

Winners are announced at the opening keynote sessions of the conference in April each year. Recent winners [30] include Tim Jenkin, Ran Canetti, Rafail Ostrovsky and Michael Rogers.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Yost, Jeffrey (December 11, 2004), Oral Interview with James Bidzos (PDF), Charles Babbage Institute: Center for the History of Information Technology, University of Minnesota
  2. ^ a b c Greene, Tim (February 3, 2011). "From cloud and mobile security to encryption, security concerns abound as RSA turns 20". Network World. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Kaplan, Dan (March 24, 2008). "RSA 2008: All Grown Up". SC Magazine. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  4. ^ The 1997 RSA Data Security Conference Proceedings, retrieved April 22, 2017
  5. ^ a b violetblue (March 9, 2016). "RSA security conference: 25 years of discontent and pranks". Engadget. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "RSA Conference 2016: What's Old Security is New Again". eWeek.com. February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d Greene, Tim; World, Network (February 29, 2016). "10 momentous moments from 25 years of RSA". Network World.
  8. ^ Wood, Charles Cresson (1997). "Recent crypto-process developments: Highlights from the 1997 RSA conference". Computer Fraud & Security. Elsevier BV. 1997 (3): 10–11. doi:10.1016/s1361-3723(97)83577-4.
  9. ^ "E-Security Leaders to Gather in Munich for First European RSA Conference". March 6, 2000.
  10. ^ Moscaritolo, Angela (March 2, 2010). "RSA Conference: White House declassifies U.S. cybersecurity initiative details". SC Magazine.
  11. ^ McMillan, Robert (February 16, 2011). "Hacked and Now Vandalized, HBGary Pulls out of RSA". PCWorld. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  12. ^ a b Ackerman, Dan (January 8, 2014). "RSA Conference speakers begin to bail, thanks to NSA". CNET. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  13. ^ a b Barnes, Robert (January 7, 2014). "At least eight security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties". Washington Post. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  14. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (February 28, 2014). "At the RSA Security Conference, Things Get Testy and Then They Get Awkward". Bits Blog. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  15. ^ "Inaugural RSA Conference Asia Pacific Showcases The Best Of Asia's Security Innovations, Best Practices And Strategies". RSA Conference. June 7, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  16. ^ "World renowned cyber security experts set to gather at RSA Conference 2015 Abu Dhabi". RSA Conference. October 7, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  17. ^ a b Lev-Ram, Michal (March 30, 2015). "Tech conference bans scantily-clad "booth babes"". Fortune. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  18. ^ Hennigan, W.J. (March 3, 2016). "Encryption debate dominates San Francisco tech conference". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  19. ^ a b c Needle, David (February 12, 2017). "RSA Conference Adapts to Address Emerging Threats, Technologies". eWEEK. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  20. ^ a b Team, RSAC Editorial (March 14, 2017). "Reflecting on RSA Conference 2017". VentureBeat. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  21. ^ "RSA Conference 2021 Goes Fully Virtual". RSA Conference. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  22. ^ a b c Uchill, Joe (March 15, 2022). "RSA sells conference to become standalone business". SC Media. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  23. ^ Vinn, Milana (January 18, 2023). "RSA Security explores $2 bln-plus sale of Archer -sources". Reuters. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  24. ^ "Top 5 Takeaways from the RSA Conference 2023". www.teksystems.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  25. ^ "Top 10 Highlights of RSA Conference 2023". Calsoft Blog. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  26. ^ "About – Information Security Conference". RSA Conference. January 1, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  27. ^ Brown, Bob (January 18, 2017). "10 Cool Security Startups Vying for Glory at RSA Conference". Network World. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  28. ^ Hackett, Robert (January 26, 2016). "'Cyber' Is Hot, 'Crypto' Is Not". Fortune. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  29. ^ https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us18/about/awards[dead link]
  30. ^ "RSA® Conference 2018 Announces Recipients of Annual Awards". 17 April 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website

November 23, 2023
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The RSA Conference is a series of IT security conferences Approximately 45 000 people attend one of the conferences each year It was founded in 1991 as a small cryptography conference RSA conferences take place in the United States Europe Asia and the United Arab Emirates each year The conference also hosts educational professional networking and awards programs RSA ConferenceRSA Conference 2022StatusActiveGenreProfessional ConferenceDate s May 6 9 2024FrequencySeveral times a yearCountryUSA United Kingdom Asia amp Japan United Arab EmiratesYears active32 years agoInaugurated1991FounderJim BidzosPrevious eventMoscone Center San Francisco California April 24 27 2023Next eventMoscone Center San Francisco California May 6 9 2024ParticipantsIT Security ProfessionalsAttendance45 000SponsorsRSA Security Intel MicrosoftWebsitewww wbr rsaconference wbr comContents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1 2 Recent history 2 Content 3 RSA Conference Awards 4 References 5 External linksHistory editEarly history edit The name RSA refers to the public key encryption technology developed by RSA Data Security Inc which was founded in 1982 The abbreviation stands for Rivest Shamir and Adleman the inventors of the technique The idea for the first RSA conference was conceived in 1991 in a phone call between then RSA Security CEO Jim Bidzos and the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center 1 The first conference had just one panel called DES and DSS Standards of Choice It focused on why attendees should not adopt DSS a standard that was expected to challenge RSA Security s status as the de facto standard for digital signatures 2 3 1 22 23 The event steadily grew and in 1993 it attracted more than 200 attendees 1 24 3 Known for many years as the RSA Data Security Conference 4 it eventually became just the RSA Conference Over time the conference grew more business oriented with an older demographic and more vendors 5 which led to competitive issues for a time in the 1990s European competitors to RSA Security sometimes could not get a booth so they hired people to pass out flyers at the RSA conference encouraging attendees to visit them at hotels nearby 5 In 1995 the conference criticized the Clipper Chip If implemented the chip would have given the U S government direct access to evidence on telecommunications devices with the chip installed 6 The conference put up posters with Sink Clipper in big letters 7 By 1997 the conference had grown to 2 500 attendees 8 The first European RSA Conference took place in 2000 and started with just 5 tracks 9 According to Network World the conference s focus expanded from cryptography into a broader IT security conference with larger attendance in 2005 when Microsoft CEO Bill Gates did the keynote presentation 2 According to Bidzos the purpose of the conference became for all kinds of things drive standards organize some opposition to government policies promote the RSA name and give all of our customers an opportunity 1 24 By 2008 the conference had 17 000 attendees and 375 participating IT security vendors 3 It had 18 tracks and 230 sessions 3 Recent history edit At the 2010 RSA conference the Obama administration publicly revealed the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative CNCI which was created in 2008 and formerly kept a secret 7 10 In 2011 a California based IT security company HBGary withdrew from speaking and exhibiting at the RSA conference citing safety concerns The company announced plans to reveal the identities of some members of the hacktivist group Anonymous and received retaliatory threats and hacks 11 In 2014 8 speakers boycotted the RSA conference after its sponsor RSA Security was accused of adding a backdoor to its products so the National Security Agency could monitor users of RSA Security technology The boycott began with then F Secure Chief Technology Officer Mikko Hypponen He wanted RSA Security to apologize whereas the company s statement was that the allegations were not true 12 13 Some noted that the RSA conference and RSA Security company are only loosely connected 12 Discussion at that year s conference was focused heavily on leaks by Edward Snowden and NSA involvement with American technology companies 14 The first RSA Conference in the Asia Pacific was introduced in 2013 15 This was followed by the inaugural United Arab Emirates conference two years later 16 In 2015 the conference added a clause to exhibitor contracts effectively prohibiting booth babes by requiring professional attire on the exhibitor floor 7 17 The policy was implemented in response to feedback that booth babes made the conference feel unprofessional Fortune Magazine called the widespread practice of having booth babes at professional conferences outdated and unwelcoming to female attendees 17 The following year the RSA conference was focused on the FBI Apple encryption dispute regarding attempts by the government to gain access to iPhones containing evidence in criminal investigations 7 18 As of 2017 update the conference has an estimated 40 000 43 000 attendees in the United States 19 20 The 2021 conference was held 100 virtually due to concerns about COVID 19 21 The conference restored in person events the following year 22 In 2020 RSA Conference and its parent company RSA Security were acquired by several investors in a 2 billion deal 22 Two years later RSA Security sold a majority interest in RSA Conference to private equity firm Crosspoint Capital Partners 23 RSA Security sold its remaining interest in the RSA Conference events business to other investors in 2022 22 In the recent RSA Conference 2023 Generative AI was a topic of concern from a security perspective 24 A clarion call to organizations was issued during the conference urging them to incorporate AI that facilitates security and growth 25 Content editThe RSA Conference is an international conference series on IT security that takes place in the United States Europe Asia Japan and the United Arab Emirates It also provides internet safety education for consumers and children a security scholar program for IT security students and operates award programs typically bestowed at conferences 26 For example one award is the Innovation Sandbox contest which involves ten startups that present their technology to a panel of judges 19 27 The 2017 conference in the U S had 15 keynotes 700 speakers 500 sessions and 550 exhibitors 20 An analysis of session keywords at the conference suggest that early conferences were focused on cryptography and commerce but the topical focus of conferences transitioned to cloud and cybersecurity in the early 2000s 28 Each conference has a theme a practice that began in 1995 2 Additionally there are typically one or two IT security topics that the conference organizers pick to focus on each year 19 Speaking positions at the RSA conference are highly competitive with thousands of submissions for a few hundred speaking positions 13 RSA Conference Awards editThe RSA conference provides annual awards to recognize outstanding people and organizations in the following areas by the following awards 29 RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics officially called The RSA Conference Award for Excellence in Mathematics Information Security Public Policy Humanitarian ServiceWinners are announced at the opening keynote sessions of the conference in April each year Recent winners 30 include Tim Jenkin Ran Canetti Rafail Ostrovsky and Michael Rogers References edit a b c d Yost Jeffrey December 11 2004 Oral Interview with James Bidzos PDF Charles Babbage Institute Center for the History of Information Technology University of Minnesota a b c Greene Tim February 3 2011 From cloud and mobile security to encryption security concerns abound as RSA turns 20 Network World Retrieved January 1 2017 a b c d Kaplan Dan March 24 2008 RSA 2008 All Grown Up SC Magazine Retrieved February 1 2017 The 1997 RSA Data Security Conference Proceedings retrieved April 22 2017 a b violetblue March 9 2016 RSA security conference 25 years of discontent and pranks Engadget Retrieved January 1 2017 RSA Conference 2016 What s Old Security is New Again eWeek com February 28 2016 Retrieved February 2 2017 a b c d Greene Tim World Network February 29 2016 10 momentous moments from 25 years of RSA Network World Wood Charles Cresson 1997 Recent crypto process developments Highlights from the 1997 RSA conference Computer Fraud amp Security Elsevier BV 1997 3 10 11 doi 10 1016 s1361 3723 97 83577 4 E Security Leaders to Gather in Munich for First European RSA Conference March 6 2000 Moscaritolo Angela March 2 2010 RSA Conference White House declassifies U S cybersecurity initiative details SC Magazine McMillan Robert February 16 2011 Hacked and Now Vandalized HBGary Pulls out of RSA PCWorld Retrieved February 2 2017 a b Ackerman Dan January 8 2014 RSA Conference speakers begin to bail thanks to NSA CNET Retrieved January 1 2017 a b Barnes Robert January 7 2014 At least eight security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties Washington Post Retrieved January 1 2017 Perlroth Nicole February 28 2014 At the RSA Security Conference Things Get Testy and Then They Get Awkward Bits Blog Retrieved February 2 2017 Inaugural RSA Conference Asia Pacific Showcases The Best Of Asia s Security Innovations Best Practices And Strategies RSA Conference June 7 2013 Retrieved March 25 2017 World renowned cyber security experts set to gather at RSA Conference 2015 Abu Dhabi RSA Conference October 7 2015 Retrieved March 25 2017 a b Lev Ram Michal March 30 2015 Tech conference bans scantily clad booth babes Fortune Retrieved January 1 2017 Hennigan W J March 3 2016 Encryption debate dominates San Francisco tech conference Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 2 2017 a b c Needle David February 12 2017 RSA Conference Adapts to Address Emerging Threats Technologies eWEEK Retrieved March 25 2017 a b Team RSAC Editorial March 14 2017 Reflecting on RSA Conference 2017 VentureBeat Retrieved March 25 2017 RSA Conference 2021 Goes Fully Virtual RSA Conference 2020 11 06 Retrieved 2020 12 20 a b c Uchill Joe March 15 2022 RSA sells conference to become standalone business SC Media Retrieved March 8 2023 Vinn Milana January 18 2023 RSA Security explores 2 bln plus sale of Archer sources Reuters Retrieved March 8 2023 Top 5 Takeaways from the RSA Conference 2023 www teksystems com Retrieved 2023 08 30 Top 10 Highlights of RSA Conference 2023 Calsoft Blog 2023 05 17 Retrieved 2023 08 30 About Information Security Conference RSA Conference January 1 2017 Retrieved January 1 2017 Brown Bob January 18 2017 10 Cool Security Startups Vying for Glory at RSA Conference Network World Retrieved January 1 2017 Hackett Robert January 26 2016 Cyber Is Hot Crypto Is Not Fortune Retrieved January 1 2017 https www rsaconference com events us18 about awards dead link RSA Conference 2018 Announces Recipients of Annual Awards 17 April 2018 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RSA Conference amp oldid 1172980174, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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