Here’s some information on the 2007 RSA Conference held in SF from Feb. 5-9 at Moscone Center. In case you didn’t know, “RSA” is a security encryption code created in 1977, and named after the inventors. Today it is the world’s most widely distributed code! This conference features a ton of IT security leaders from companies like Cisco and Microsoft., disucssing new developments and leading insights. You can also take an one of the 220 sessions on topics ranging from Applied Security Case Studies to Wireless. Cost of the full conference: $1,995. The feling of knowing your network is secure: priceless.
Here’s a snippit from the RSA site:
Whether you’re planning to attend the full week or a day or two, RSA® Conference 2007 delivers extraordinary opportunities to expand your knowledge, hone your skills, and grow your personal network of industry peers and influencers.
Knowledge and best-practice sharing are at the heart of RSA® Conference. You’ll have a chance to build a customized agenda from the 220 available sessions — ranging from keynotes to breakout sessions to tutorials — across different class tracks. There are sessions and tutorials designed for all facets of information security, IT management, programming/development and executive management, as well as virtually every leading topic in the field — cryptography to consumer protection to legislation, government and policy mandates.
These range from the First-Time Attendee Orientation, Welcome and Networking Reception and topic-driven Peer2Peer Sessions to the renowned RSA® Conference Codebreakers Bash, Town Hall Meetings and the Interactive Testing Challenge – among many others.
The latest products, technologies and solutions are also prominently featured at the Expo where 340+ information security companies — Fortune 500 to start-up — will showcase their latest innovations.
RSA Conference would like to thank the 2007 Program Committee for its help in selecting speakers and topics that make up the dynamic agenda. Members of the Program Committee are representatives from financial institutions, retail industries, trade publications, training organizations, security vendors, academia, and federal and state governments.
The members of the Program Committee include Ilieva I. Ageenko, PhD, CISA, of Wachovia Corporation; Illena Armstrong of SC Magazine; Asheem Chandna of Greylock Partners; David B. Cross of Microsoft Corporation; Bruce Gossard of Cisco Systems; Vincent Gullotto of Microsoft Corporation; Bret Hartman of EMC; Daniel Houser of Huntington Bank; Sally Hudson of IDC; Andrew Jaquith of Yankee Group; Benjamin Jun of Cryptography Research; Shannon Kellogg of EMC; Sandra Lambert of Lambert & Associates, LLC; James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Ron Moritz of Computer Associates; Andrew Nash formerly of Reactivity; Randy V. Sabett, J.D., CISSP, of Cooley Godward LLP; John R. Schramm, CISA, CISSP, of Fidelity Investments; Kurt Stammberger of Healthia; Jon Stanley of The Law Firm of Jon Stanley and Associates; Herbert H. Thompson, Ph.D., of Security Innovation; Michael Vergara of PayPal; and Ed Zeitler, CISSP, of (ISC)2.