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As in years past, the event will kick off on Monday, with keynote speeches debuting Tuesday, featuring some of the biggest names in cybersecurity addressing today's hottest topics, technologies, conundrums and aspirations. Tuesday, Feb. 25 Reality Check: The Story of Cybersecurity : The conference keynotes launch with mystery acts, featuring musicians and typically a guest actor - Helen Mirren in 2019, John Lithgow in 2017 - followed by RSA President Rohit Ghai taking to the stage to officially launch the show.
"The Human Element" is the theme of RSA Conference 2020, but there are plenty of technology-rich topics in store for attendees, including session tracks that focus on election security, open source tools, product security and anti-fraud. "Every year is a unique experience," Britta Glade, director of content and curation for the conference, says in an interview with Information Security Media Group.
Yes, new skills are needed, but the session will also demystify the approach by looking at detailed use cases of how to respond to AWS-specific security incidents. A computer security mindset is essential to understanding the security of complex technological systems.
IBM has withdrawn as a sponsor for next week's RSA Conference 2020 as worries over the coronavirus outbreak continue. "We learned today that IBM has made the decision to no longer participate in RSA Conference 2020 as a Platinum Sponsor," RSA Conference organizers say in a statement.
IBM has pulled out of annual security shindig RSA Conference, due to be held in San Francisco at the end of this month, to avoid its staff catching the novel coronavirus that's spreading worldwide. "The health of IBMers continues to be our primary concern as we monitor upcoming events and travel relative to Novel Coronavirus," Big Blue told The Register in a statement in the past hour.
Information Security Media Group, a premier media partner at the annual RSA Conference, will conduct over 200 video interviews at this year's event with cybersecurity thought leaders, executives, CISOs and sponsors. ISMG's editorial team uses the RSA conference to set the tone for the company's coverage for the coming year.
RSA Conference announced the addition of the RSAC Security Scholars Poster Pitch-Off to its RSAC AdvancedU programming. RSAC AdvancedU is a series of programs that provides outreach to college students to introduce and encourage a career in cybersecurity and supports education throughout the various stages of a career within the industry.
"An overwhelming number of submissions started with a focus on human impact as a means of offering insight on how to better leverage common frameworks, inform decision makers in risk management, mitigate new and emerging threats and build a productive, security-centric culture," write Britta Glade, the RSA Conference's director of content and curation, and Kacy Zurkus, content strategist, in a report. Designing, developing and maintaining secure products: For the first time, organizers have added tracks dedicated to product security and open source tools, reflecting their receiving "More deep-dive technical submissions focused on secure product development than ever before," covering topics ranging from user interface design and artificial intelligence to privacy and security operations centers.
The RSA Conference Learning Labs are designed to offer full conference pass attendees facilitated experiences to immerse attendees in interactive exercises and discussions. Unlike a traditional track session being offered at the conference, Secure Code Warrior CEO Pieter Danhieux and Jim Manico, founder of Manicode Security will serve as Lab facilitators or "Guides on the side," leading participants through the content and exercises, while challenging them to apply what they are learning and engage with one another.
O'Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, and Formulatedby announced a new conference focused on how machine learning is transforming the future of urban communities and mobility industries around the world. Rapid technological advancements are challenging cities and the mobility industry with new business models, methodologies in development and manufacturing, unprecedented levels of automation, and the need for new infrastructure.