Hey everyone welcome back to Tech Talk thanks for tuning in. I am here with JM
Porup who will be attending the RSA Conference and we're gonna be talking
all things RSA what to expect what he's looking forward to, so stick around.
Alright JM thank you so much for coming always appreciate it so you are
attending the RSA Conference when is it what what is it about what's gonna be
going on tell me about it well sure so RSA is one of the oldest information
security conferences out there in San Francisco at the Moscone Center March
4th through 8th and a couple weeks I'll be covering the events if you've got
stories find me and talk to me nice so what are some tips this is your first
time going yeah you know I've been covering information security for a very
long time but I have until now not been to RSA personally that is true so as a
first time RSA Conference goer what are some important tips for first
time ever conference goers wear comfortable shoes I guess this isn't a
time to break out some heels not the time you know if you're gonna be getting
in your 10,000 steps on a concrete floor in a very large convention hall you know
maybe no heels maybe just just saying make sense so whoo let's dive into as to
what to actually expect at the conference
what are gonna be some popular things to look for on the floor and then also some
exhibits some sessions sure so there's a lot going on at RSA and there's more
than any one person could conceivably do everything or see everything so it
really depends on what you're after you know as a general rule most of the talks
at RSA will be informative but not necessarily groundbreaking so if you're
a fairly experienced security Pro you know your time is probably best spent
networking and not sitting through too many talks if there's particular talks
or particular speakers you really want to see make sure you reserve a seat
using our essays online scheduler as popular talks can fill up and if you
were hoping to be in a particular talk you should plan for that there's in
addition there's the IOT village and the ICS village if you're if you're curious
about ot or ICS security there are some very smart people who will happily let
you hack a virtual water treatment facility or pretend to hack the energy
grid and learn something new in the process and of course the the innovation
sandbox is a is a pretty popular part of our essay as startups pitch there
hopefully but usually not game-changing cybersecurity ideas great so are there
any specific vendors or sessions that you personally are looking forward to
anything that in your opinion is just a cannot miss well in terms of vendors you
know I'll leave buyers to make their own judgments RSA the conference floor is
full of pretty much every major and most minor security vendors on the planet so
if you're at RSA because you're shopping you know Hegel you know and I and every
organization is different so is it eight to call out any particular vendor for my
money I'm particularly interested in to see Bruce Schneier Public Interest
technologist track on Thursday the idea behind this brand new track never before
run at RSA before is an attempt to bring security professionals to the place that
lawyers are in terms of doing pro bono work
they say that 20% of the Harvard Law School graduates 20% go into public
interest law they're their you know public defenders or their they're
working for not-for-profits or they're giving back to society whereas the the
percentage of you know computer science graduates doing that kind of
thing is basically zero and and that's not because you know programmers are
somehow more money-grubbing than lawyers that does seem to be a probably not true
but more a lack of opportunities you know how can senior technologists with
skills you know go to work on Capitol Hill and help shape better technology
policy or go work for Human Rights Watch and you know give something back
how can larger companies support sabbaticals for senior security
employees or give them ten twenty percent time to do something that's not
directly assisting the corporate bottom line and also you know one of the
arguments Neyers made and I've read an article about this for CSO is that this
is also a net win for corporations because once a you know an employee has
gone off and done this kind of pro bono work they bring that experience back
into the enterprise and that can be very valuable yeah of course absolutely so
shifting gears a little bit you talked about this you touch on this very
briefly a miniature ago the innovation sandbox so that's gonna be how many
startups a few I believe there's a a final shortlist of 10 but I could be
mistaken about that there's a pitching process that goes on for quite some time
before the actual conference so they're gonna be cybersecurity startups yeah and
they are going to they're sort of highlighted at this conference if you
are evaluating the tech from a start-up what should you be looking for if you're
a corporate buy or looking well you know I would say that for most organizations
today they're still struggling to get the basics right by and large the that's
a blanket statement and startups today are you know they're startups they
remain unproven and and they should be taken with a large grain of salt you
know it may they offer a niche solution that's a
game-changer for your organization and and that may well be the case but you
should do your due diligence and make sure that they can actually deliver bang
for what will probably be a very high buck there's also of course a networking
aspect to these conferences if you're going as a cybersecurity professional
and you're looking to network what are some tips that you have for them have
enough business cards and you know say you're pleased and thank yous there you
go networking 101 what you mentioned the IOT village and the ICS villages now
this is sort of a fixture of security conferences having the ability to hack
stuff I mean these are new just a couple years old and they're independently
organized apart from RSA you'll find ICS village in Vegas at Def Con as well and
the idea is that the organizers want to raise awareness about the security
issues for instance ICS systems among IT security professionals who may have
never touched you know sort of operational equipment in a factory or
water treatment facility wonderful so there's gonna be a lot going on looking
forward to seeing your coverage of it what can we be sure to hear from you
what kind of stuff do you think that you're going to be covering what can our
viewers look for online at CSO well I mean there will be a fair amount of pre
RSA coverage of things that that look interesting and and during the event it
really depends on on what happens there's a lot of noise and relatively
low signal and you know I will do my best to try and find the Nuggets and the
ore as it were sure a lot of noise probably gonna be some announcements
like everybody's gonna announce Minh but not all of its relevant to the industry
at large sure well if it is relevant to us if
it's relevant to our readers we will make sure to be covering it on CS online
be sure to look out for articles from JM JM thank you so much for your time and
good luck at RSA hope it's a great time Julie yep we'll
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