RSA Conference 2018 Closes 27th Year Bringing Top Information Security Experts Together to Debate Critical Cybersecurity Issues | Business Wire
More than 42,000 attendees experienced keynote presentations, peer-to-peer sessions, track sessions, tutorials, expo floors and seminars during the course of the week focused on topics such as artificial intelligence, data privacy, gamification, the history of technology and innovation, among others. Records were set with the number of exhibitors in attendance along with overall number of sessions.
“The goal of RSA Conference is to bring the best content the cybersecurity industry has to offer across numerous platforms,” said Linda Gray Martin, Director & General Manager of RSA Conference. “We succeeded, in a week filled with knowledge sharing, collaboration and the exchange of innovative ideas among the industry’s elite. In the process, we’re beginning the journey to reach and educate a new audience through RSAC onDemand. We thank everyone for making it such a special event once again and we’re excited to further these conversations in the year ahead.”
The 21st Annual RSA Conference Awards program highlighted the work of five security professionals for excellence in humanitarian service, information security, public policy and mathematics. This year’s winners included:
“RSAC 2018 was one of the most memorable ones for me. In my conversations with visitors to the Carbon Black booth, I was encouraged that security leaders are focused on creating a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to cybersecurity. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together with common adversaries. While the media focus is often on the bad guys, RSAC 2018 demonstrated that product innovation makes this a great time to be a good guy.”- Tom Kellermann, Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black