World's Largest Security Expo Features Leading Speakers From Industry
And Government
RSA(R) CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 /PRNewswire/
-- RSA Conference 2001, the largest cryptography and data security conference
in the world, opens today at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Recognized
as the industry's premier data security and cryptography gathering,
RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security(TM),
expects this year's event to break previous attendance records with more than
10,000 decision-makers and influencers from a range of sectors, including
consumer, education, financial, government, computer networking,
telecommunications and the media.
Sponsored by RSA Security, Compaq, Computer Associates, EDS,
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, nCipher and VeriSign, this tenth annual
security conference and exposition will open with a special presentation by
Jim Bidzos, conference chairman and vice chairman of RSA Security. Opening day
continues with feature keynote presentations from industry leaders and
national policy makers, including venture capitalist Floyd Kvamme, who was
recently named by President George Bush to head the President's Council of
Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST). Other keynote presenters include
authors Steven Levy and Paul Erdman; and Jill Tarter, researcher in the area
of extra-terrestrial life.
RSA(R) Conference 2001 features more than 200 classes, 250 vendors, and
nearly 200 individual breakout sessions on topics ranging from the latest in
cutting-edge cryptographic research to the most current implementations of
enterprise security and secure electronic commerce.
The Fourth Annual RSA Awards, which honor outstanding contributions in the
field of cryptography, will also be presented at RSA Conference 2001. Awards
will be made to an individual or an organization in the area of mathematics,
industry and public policy.
The RSA Conference 2001 will close Thursday after with a special show by
comedian and Saturday Night Live alumnus Dana Carvey.
New Conference Tracks
Reflecting security's increasingly important role in an expanding array of
application areas, RSA Conference 2001 features several new conference tracks
in addition to the tracks presented at last year's conference:
-- The Industry Track will present industry-specific case studies and
solutions in the areas of finance, application service providers
(ASPs), healthcare/biotech and telecom/wireless.
-- The Threats Track will present talks about hacking, attacks, network
forensics and countermeasures.
-- The Government Track will cover topics of interest to the public sector
and the industries that serve it, including federal, state and local
contractors and government employees.
-- The Law and Policy Track will present topics of interest to lawmakers,
privacy and civil-rights activists, policy-makers, lawyers and
public-interest groups.
In addition, for the first time, proposals for the Cryptographers' Track
were academically refereed by a cross-section of experts in this important
field, and the proceedings of the Cryptographers' Track will be published in
Springer Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
About the RSA(R) Conference
Now in its 10th year, the RSA Conference brings together decision-makers
and influencers from all major markets, including consumer, education,
financial, government, computer networking, telecommunications, Wall Street
and the media for the industry's premier e-security event. RSA Conference 2001
continues in Singapore in July and in Europe in October.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security, helps
organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its
RSA SecurID(R) two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE encryption and RSA Keon(R)
digital certificate management systems. With approximately one billion
RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than eight million
RSA SecurID authentication users and almost 20 years of industry experience,
RSA Security has the proven leadership and innovative technology to address
the changing security needs of e-business and bring trust to the online
economy. RSA Security can be reached at http://www.rsasecurity.com.
NOTE: RSA, BSAFE, Keon and SecurID are registered trademarks, and The
Most Trusted Name in e-Security is a trademark of RSA Security Inc. All other
products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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CONTACT:
Patrick Corman of Corman Communications,
650-326-9648, or patrick@cormancom.com; or Tim Powers of RSA
Security Inc., 781-301-5344, or tpowers@rsasecurity.com
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