Day 2 Highlights From RSAC Convention 2025

From the RSAC Convention 2025 in San Francisco, 4 ISMG editors mentioned highlights from the second day, together with provide chain safety, AI-fueled crime, developments in cryptography and the growing information sovereignty issues globally.

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In the course of the annual cryptographers’ panel, Adi Shamir – one of many world’s main cryptographers who represents the “S” within the RSA cryptosystem – stated blockchain expertise nonetheless has potential as a decentralized ledger, however its predominant beneficiary, cryptocurrency, has fueled a large rise in cybercrime. Shamir instructed attendees “the world could be a greater place in the event that they’ve by no means been invented,” stated Mathew Schwartz, govt editor for DataBreachToday and Europe.

Cybersecurity is more and more making it onto the board agendas. That is particularly the case for OT safety due to the potential disruption to the enterprise, in response to Robert M. Lee, CEO and co-founder of Dragos, who spoke with Rahul Neel Mani, vice chairman of group and editorial at ISMG. “The boards are actually speaking extra about OT safety than the CISO,” Neel Mani stated.

The impression of knowledge sovereignty and geopolitics on cybersecurity buying selections is a key subject at RSAC. “There’s been a push from organizations, not solely in Europe, however in Asia as effectively within the Center East, to wish to maintain their information native, whether or not meaning an on-premises information middle, whether or not that is working with a hyperscaler for factors of presence,” stated Michael Novinson, managing editor, ISMG enterprise.

The panelists – Schwartz; Anna Delaney, director, productions; Neel Mani; and Novinson – additionally mentioned:

• The Division of Homeland Safety’s imaginative and prescient for strengthening America’s cybersecurity posture;
• The increasing concentrate on securing each private and non-private AI fashions;
• The function of agentic AI in safety consciousness coaching.

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