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.

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.

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:

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:

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:

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

 

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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

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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!