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RSA® Conference 2013 Opens Today in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--
RSA®
Conference, the world's leading information security conferences and
expositions, kicked off its annual show today at San Francisco's Moscone
Center. Taking place February 25 to March 1, RSA Conference 2013 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,
including:
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Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy
Computing, Microsoft Corporation
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Philippe Courtot, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualys
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Art Coviello, Executive Vice President of EMC Corporation and
Executive Chairman of RSA, The Security Division of EMC
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Francis deSouza, President, Products and Services, Symantec
Corporation
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Andy Ellis, Chief Security Officer, Akamai Technologies
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Mike Fey, Worldwide Chief Technology Officer, McAfee
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Art Gilliland, Senior Vice President and General Manager, HP
Software Enterprise Security Products, Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) Company
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Dr. Ari Juels, Chief Scientist, RSA, The Security Division of
EMC and Director, RSA Laboratories, RSA
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David Kirkpatrick, CEO and Chief Techonomist ,Techonomy Media
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Jane McGonigal, Game Designer, Inventor of SuperBetter and
author of 'Reality is Broken'
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Srikanth Nadhamuni, Advisor to UID Authority of India and Chief
Executive Officer, Khosla Labs
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Nicholas Percoco, Senior Vice President, Trustwave Spider Labs
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Erik Rasmussen, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service
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Condoleezza Rice , 66th Secretary of State of the United States
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Herbert "Hugh" Thompson, Ph.D, Program Committee Chair, RSA
Conference
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With Special Guests: Billy Beane, General Manager, Oakland A's;
and Gary Wolf, Founder, The Quantified Self and Contributing
Editor at WIRED
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Jimmy Wales, Internet Entrepreneur and Founder of Wikipedia
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Chris Young, Senior Vice President, Cisco (News - Alert) Security and
Government Group, Cisco
"As cyber attacks continue to grow in strength and numbers, information
security has continued to rise to the top of IT agendas around the
world," said Sandra Toms LaPedis, Area Vice President and General
Manager of RSA Conference. "It's now crucial for businesses, vendors and
government agencies to band together and confront today's
vulnerabilities. RSA Conference has become the number one place for
industry luminaries and emerging and established companies to
collaborate and drive innovation within information security. Together,
we can arm ourselves with the best resources and strategies to combat
threats."
Some of the highlights at RSA Conference 2013 include:
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Innovation
Sandbox - Taking place on Mnday, February 25, this half-day
interactive program features demonstrations from 10 finalists
comprised of today's rising information security stars; interactive
whiteboard sessions facilitated by industry experts; and the
opportunity to speak with industry-leading experts to learn what may
lay ahead for the information security industry. The program will
culminate with one finalist being named "RSA Conference 2013's Most
Innovative Company".
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Special Government Sessions -
Throughout the week, RSA Conference will be hosting featured
government sessions and panels. On Tuesday, February 26, Jim Lewis,
CSIS, will moderate a government forum on developments in U.S.
cybersecurity policy featuring former Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff; White House Cybersecurity
Coordinator Michael Daniel; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Eric Rosenbach. On Thursday, February 28, Michael Daniel will delve
more into the Administration's cybersecurity agenda and the
application of national power with respect to cyber incidents,
followed by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, who will discuss how
the FBI is dealing with cyber threats to national security. The day
will also include a Town Hall with the DHS and National Mission to
Secure Cyberspace tenth anniversary forum, where former Secretary Tom
Ridge and former cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt will look at the
growing sophistication of cyber attacks over the last decade.
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Privacy Panel: A Conversation with Facebook (News - Alert),
Google, Microsoft & Mozilla - On Wednesday,
February 27, Trevor Hughes, President & CEO of the International
Association of Privacy Professionals, will lead a panel that will
address the explosion of privacy issues in the marketplace, including
Do Not Track, third-party applications, mobile privacy and social
media. This panel will feature leaders from Facebook, Google,
Microsoft and Mozilla as they explore the state of privacy in the
online and IT worlds.
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Keynote with Jane McGonigal -
Drawing on the latest findings in psychology, cognitive science and
sociology, video game developer Jane McGonigal is turning gameplay to
socially positive ends, developing new reality-based games that are
designed to find solutions to business, health, social and
environmental problems. She explores the power and future of gaming
and reveals how its collaborative aspects are being used to solve some
of the most difficult challenges facing humanity. During her keynote
on Thursday, February 28, McGonigal will challenge attendees to
consider how the security industry might solve problems through the
valuable "collective intelligence" that gaming generates."
RSA Conference would like to extend its thanks its 2013 sponsors:
Microsoft; RSA, The Security Division of EMC; Symantec Corporation;
Akamai Technologies; Qualys, Inc.; FireEye; SafeNet; Splunk, Inc.;
Cisco; HP; McAfee, Inc. an Intel Company; Trustwave; CA Technologies;
nCircle; Sophos; TeleTrusT - IT Security Association Germany; Websense (News - Alert),
Inc.; Blue Coat Systems; Check Point Software; Dell SecureWorks;
Entrust; ESET North America; Juniper Networks; Narus, Inc; Redseal
Networks; Secunia; Verizon; TITUS; Trend Micro (News - Alert); Tripwire; Venafi; and,
Veracode.
A complete RSA Conference 2013 agenda can be found at: https://ae.rsaconference.com/US13/connect/agenda.ww
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About RSA Conference
RSA Conference helps drive the global information security agenda with
annual events in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Since 1991, RSA Conference
consistently attracts the best and brightest in the field, creating
opportunities to learn about information security's most important
issues through face-to-face and online interactions with peers,
luminaries and emerging and established companies. As information
security professionals work to stay ahead of ever-changing security
threats and trends, they turn to RSA Conference for a 360-degree view of
the industry. RSA Conference seeks to arm participants with the
knowledge they need to remain at the forefront of the information
security business. More information on events, online programming and
the most up-to-date news pertaining to the information security industry
can be found at www.rsaconference.com.
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