Security News > 2020 > March > 7 RSA Takeaways: 'Human Element' Meets Covid-19 Concerns

Women appearing on the RSA keynote stages this year included, among others, cryptography expert and blockchain fan Tal Rabin; Katie Arrington, the Pentagon's CISO of acquisitions, discussing Huawei; Jessica Barker talking about the psychology of fear and trying to blame users; computer scientist and human factors expert Celeste Paul of the National Security Agency; coordinated vulnerability disclosure queen Katie Moussouris; and Wendy Nather of Duo Security - now part of Cisco - who sadly wasn't allowed to arrive on the opening morning's keynote stage via skateboard.

RSA went ahead despite mounting concerns over the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the severe acute respiratory syndrome COVID-19.

While initial infections appeared to be highly localized in China, by the time of RSA, COVID-19 concerns had already led to the cancellation of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, scheduled to happen at the same time as RSA, and which would have ordinarily drawn 100,000 attendees.

How big a bite did COVID-19 concerns take out of this year's RSA attendance? Conference organizers have so far declined to share final attendance figures.

The opening Tuesday keynotes at RSA follow a regular format: a musical act; a guest actor who delivers a monologue; the president of RSA to kick things off; and an array of sponsoring vendors who deliver spiels.

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