Featured group brings global expertise in overcoming cybersecurity challenges to the virtual stage
RSA® Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, announced additional keynotes for RSA Conference 2021, taking place May 17 – May 20, 2021, adding to the already impressive line-up of global speakers from a variety of organizations.
The newly announced keynotes include:
The Hugh Thompson Show: Backyard Edition: featuring special guest, Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple Computer Inc., Woz U, & Efforce
The Cryptographers’ Panel: with panelists Carmela Troncoso, Assistant Professor, EPFL; Ronald Rivest, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering, Cambridge University and Edinburgh University; Adi Shamir, Borman Professor of Computer Science, The Weizmann Institute, Israel; moderated by Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan, Chief Digital Officer, RSA
Cybersecurity as a National Imperative: Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, National Security Council
Cyberspace Solarium Commission – Next Steps: with panelists Congressman Jim Langevin, Member, Cyberspace Solarium Commission; Congressman Mike Gallagher, Co-Chair, Cyberspace Solarium Commission; moderated by Susan Hennessey, Executive Editor, Lawfare
“We’re thrilled to expand our keynote line-up to include these stellar speakers,” said Linda Gray Martin, Vice President, RSA Conference. “Now more than ever the cybersecurity community needs to come together and rally against the sophisticated attacks we fight off every day. RSA Conference is focused on providing the best possible program for our attendees and we’re confident that they’ll walk away energized and inspired to make our community stronger than ever before.”
Inspiring experts from around the world will tackle the top security topics and issues
Reimagined for digital-first, RSA Conference 2021 will deliver Keynote programming across all four days of the virtual experience. Acclaimed speakers include prominent cybersecurity experts and innovators, such as:
• Dmitri Alperovitch, Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator and Sandra Joyce, Executive VP, Head of Global Intelligence, FireEye
• Wade Baker, Partner and Co-Founder, Cyentia Institute and Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs, Cisco
• George Kurtz, Co-Founder and CEO, CrowdStrike and Michael Sentonas, CTO, CrowdStrike
• Theresa Payton, CEO, Fortalice LLC
• Bruce Schneier, Security Technologist, Researcher and Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
• The SANS Institute Panel: Heather Mahalik, DFIR Curriculum Lead, SANS Institute and Director of Digital Intelligence, Cellebrite; Katie Nickels, Certified Instructor, SANS Institute and Director of Intelligence, Red Canary; Ed Skoudis, Fellow, SANS Institute and Director, Cyber Ranges; Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research, SANS Technology Institute; and Alan Paller; Research Director and Founder, SANS Institute and Board Member, National Cyber Scholarship Foundation (Moderator)
• Spanning the Globe Panel: The State of the Industry from the People Who Run It: Marene Allison, Chief Information Security Officer, Johnson & Johnson; Lakshmi Hanspal, Global Chief Security Officer, Box; Darren Kane, Chief Security Officer, nbn Australia; Florence Mottay, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Ahold Delhaize; Phil Venables, CISO, Google Cloud and Hugh Thompson, Program Committee Chair, RSA Conference (Moderator)
Additional RSAC Keynotes include the following executives from sponsor organizations:
• Rohit Ghai, CEO, RSA Group
• Steve Grobman, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, McAfee
• Vasu Jakkal, CVP Security, Compliance, and Identity, Microsoft
• Doug Merritt, CEO, Splunk
• Mary O’Brien, General Manager, IBM Security
• Manny Rivelo, CEO, Forcepoint and Georgie Barrat, Technology Journalist, Broadcaster and Presenter
• Chuck Robbins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco
• Alex Tosheff, Vice President and Chief Security Officer, VMware and Jimmy Sanders, Information Security, Netflix DVD
“The RSA Conference keynote program has always set the tone for the rest of the Conference, and attendees can expect to be inspired by the same high-caliber, entertaining and thought-provoking discussions that they have grown to know and love,” said Linda Gray Martin, Vice President, RSA Conference. “We’re excited to see what our keynote speakers have in store for the new virtual format and we’re delighted to host a line-up of innovative thinkers from across the global cybersecurity community.”
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