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    Our Ridiculously Unofficial and Totally Biased Guide to RSAC 2022

    It's almost here: RSAC 2022. The cybersecurity industry's largest event hasn't happened in person since 2020, but that will change next week. This is our humble attempt to share some of the highlights that shouldn't be missed as well as resources to help you decide how to make the most of the conference.

    RSAC Banner - Axonius

    Breaking Down the RSA Conference

    I think of the RSA Conference in 5 distinct buckets:

    1. Training Sessions - Like CISSP training courses.
    2. Seminars and Sessions - Talks to share new research, keynotes, and opportunities to learn from experts on a topic.
    3. Networking Opportunities and Parties - Both scheduled networking opportunities as well as vendor activities outside the official schedule.
    4. Programs - A catchall for things like the Innovation Sandbox, Sandbox, Media Hub, and more.
    5. The Expo Hall - Where you'll find a massive number of vendor booths.

    The RSAC website has all of the session details and training options, so in this post, we'll focus on some of the not-to-be-missed highlights. 

    The Vendor Expo Strategy

    There are 470 vendors spread between the North Expo, South Expo, and Early Stage Expo. You can see more details about each exhibitor in the RSAC Marketplace.

    With that many vendors, if you spent 5 minutes at each booth, it would take more than 39 hours to visit them all. Unfortunately, the expo hall is only open for a total of 23 hours. So you'll need to plan your visits or use a time machine.

    In lieu of time travel, a few tips to decide which booths to visit:

    1. Visit the Axonius booth. Why? You are reading a post on the Axonius blog, written by an Axonius employee with no shame in plugging our booth. We will be hosting interviews in our live broadcasting studio (see schedule below), and we have great giveaways.
    2. Search Twitter and LinkedIn - Using the #rsac and #rsac2022 hashtags you'll see who has the best swag, and which vendors people are talking about.
    3. Search for Interests Here - Using the sponsor page on the conference site, you can sort by topics, subtopics, and keywords to narrow down your list of vendors by what you care about.

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    Daily Highlights for RSAC 2022

    The conference runs from Saturday, June 4th (registration only) through Thursday, June 9th. A few highlights and additional resources below.

    Sunday, June 5, 2022

    Sunday is for training sessions and registration only on the official schedule, but the parties start early.

    Parties

    A good list of RSA 2022 parties is available here. Some highlights for Sunday:

    Time Party Location
    6PM–9:30PM Faraday Security  Location TBD after approval
    6PM–1AM United Cybersecurity Alliance Ally of the Year Awards Monroe, 473 Broadway
    6:30PM–9:30PM Prisma Cloud, BridgeCrew & GitHub - BSides Afterparty and RSAC Pregame The Playroom, Hotel Zetta, 55 5th St.

    Monday, June 6, 2022

    Sessions

    There are sessions all day with blocks starting at 8:30 and ending at 3:10. With hundreds of sessions in each block, you'll want to narrow down the topics on the RSAC site, but a few highlights:

    Time Session Location
    8:30 - 9:20 AM CSF Over Time: Shifting from Identify/Protect As You Grow Moscone West 3018
    9:40 - 10:30 AM PT First 90 Days In the CISO Chair: A Practitioner's Perspective Moscone West 2014
    2:20 PM - 3:10 PM What We Learned Implementing Zero Trust Security at Microsoft Moscone West 3001
    Programs

    RSAC Innovation Sandbox - 12:00 - 3:00 PM PT - Moscone South - Esplanade - The RSAC Innovation Sandbox is the single most important cybersecurity startup competition, awarding the most innovative startup of the year. This is a MUST SEE.

    Expo Hall Hours

    5:00 - 7:00 PM - Welcome Reception and Expo Hall Open Hours

    Parties

    A good list of RSA 2022 parties is available here. Some highlights for Monday:

    Time Party Location
    5PM–7PM RSAC Welcome Reception Expo Halls
    6:30PM Happy Hour with Guidepoint Security and Deepwatch Temple Nightclub, 540 Howard Street.
    6:30PM–9:30PM BigID Data After Dark Welcome Party Mourad, 140 New Montgomery St #1

    Tuesday, June 7, 2022

    Sessions

    There are sessions all day with blocks starting at 8:30 and ending at 3:10. With hundreds of sessions in each block, you'll want to narrow down the topics on the RSAC site, but a few highlights:

    Programs

    RSAC Sandbox - 8:30 am - 3:15 PM, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM - Six different sandboxes with dozens of interactive experiences such as Capture the Flag and live demos. 

    Expo Hall Hours

    10:00 am - 6:00 PM

    Shameless Axonius Plugs

     

    On June 7th at the Axonius booth - booth 943, South Expo Hall, we will be interviewing and live streaming the following:

    Time What/Who Live Stream Calendar Links
    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (PT) Ron Eddings and Chris Cochran Watch Here. Google  Office
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM (PT) Roland Cloutier
    Global CSO @ TikTok
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PT) Simone Biles and Amy Bream Watch Here. Google  Office
    2:00 PM - 2:45 PM (PT) Ashish Rajan
    Head of Security & Compliance @ PageUp
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    3:00 PM - 3: 45 PM (PT) Rafael Nunez
    Senior Solutions Architect @ Sirius Computer Solutions
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    Parties

    A good list of RSA 2022 parties is available here. Some highlights for Tuesday:

    Time Party Location
    4:45PM–6:55PM RSAC Women's Networking Reception  
    4:45PM–6:55PM CyBEER Ops Reception Expo Hall
    6PM–7:30PM Mandiant Taco Tuesday SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission St

     


    Wednesday, June 8, 2022

    Sessions

    There are sessions all day with blocks starting at 8:30 and ending at 3:10. With hundreds of sessions each day, you'll want to narrow down the topics on the RSAC site, but a few highlights:

    Time Session Location
    8:30 - 9:20 AM Security Smackdown 2022 Moscone South 3001
    9:40 - 10:30 AM PT Business Information Security Officer: A Cybersecurity Secret Weapon Moscone West 3018
    2:25 PM - 3:15 PM How to Introduce “Enterprise-Grade” Security at a Startup Moscone West 3018
    Programs
    1. RSAC Sandbox - 8:30 am - 4:30 PM - Six different sandboxes with dozens of interactive experiences such as Capture the Flag and live demos. 
    2. Early Stage Expo - 8:30 am - 4:30 PM - Moscone South, Level 2 - The Early Stage Expo is an innovation space dedicated to promoting up-and-comers in the industry.
    Expo Hall Hours

    10:00 am - 6:00 PM

    Shameless Axonius Plugs

     

    On June 8th at the Axonius booth - booth 943, South Expo Hall, we will be interviewing and live streaming the following:

    Time What/Who Live Stream Calendar Links
    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (PT) Ron Eddings and Chris Cochran Watch Here. Google  Office
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM (PT) Jen Easterly
    Director at Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (PT) Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez
    Cybersecurity Marketing Society
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    1:00 PM - 1:45 PM (PT) Joe Uchill
    Senior Reporter, SC Media
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    3:00 PM - 3: 45 PM (PT) Dave Bittner
    The Cyberwire
    Watch Here. Google  Office
    Parties

    A good list of RSA 2022 parties is available here. Some highlights for Wednesday:

    Time Party Location
    8:30AM–6PM Purple Cloud Summit Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission St
    4:30PM–6PM RSAC Expo Pub Crawl Expo Hall
    6:30PM–9:30PM CrowdStrike Badder than the Bad Guy Party City View at Metreon 135 4th St #4000

    Thursday, June 9, 2022

    Sessions

    There are sessions all day with blocks starting at 8:30 and ending at 3:00. With hundreds of sessions each day, you'll want to narrow down the topics on the RSAC site, but a few highlights:

    Time Session Location
    8:30 - 9:20 AM A Practical Framework to Hack the Cyber Workforce Talent Gap Moscone West 2006
    9:40 - 10:30 AM PT Trust, but Verify: Protecting Your Business from Supply Chain Attacks Moscone West 2001
    2:10 PM - 3:00 PM That Time I Hacked a Hardware Wallet and Recovered $2 million Moscone South Level 2
    Programs
    1. RSAC Sandbox - 9:30 am - 3:00 PM - Six different sandboxes with dozens of interactive experiences such as Capture the Flag and live demos. 
    2. Early Stage Expo - 9:30 am - 3:00 PM - Moscone South, Level 2 - The Early Stage Expo is an innovation space dedicated to promoting up-and-comers in the industry.
    Expo Hall Hours

    10:00 am - 3:00 PM

    Parties

    A good list of RSA 2022 parties is available here. Some highlights for Thursday:

    Time Party Location
    8:30AM–12PM MorganFranklin + Cyware - The Cyber Lounge The Cyber Lounge on 4th 145 4th St
    6:00PM–10:00PM Gigamon - RSAC 2022 Party with StrikeReady Pied Piper 2 New Montgomery St

     

    We can't wait to see you there! 

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