RSAC Unveils Expanded Vision and Grows Leadership Team to Serve the Cybersecurity Community Year Round
- As the world's largest and most influential cybersecurity gathering, RSAC Conference has been at the epicenter of cybersecurity through learning, innovation, and shared connections for more than 34 years.
- RSAC to launch a community-driven cybersecurity platform to enhance industry-wide collaboration and year-round learning.
- RSAC hires key industry and technology leaders to drive its new community-focused vision.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference LLC ("RSAC"), the company behind the world's largest and most influential cybersecurity conference, today announced its expanded community vision, additions to its leadership team, and a new corporate website at OneRSAC.com.
For over three decades, RSAC has united a vibrant community of cybersecurity professionals through its flagship event RSAC™ Conference. The strength of this community lies in its ability to bring together varied perspectives, foster collaboration, and drive impactful solutions to shared challenges. In the coming months, the rapidly expanding RSAC team will provide the cybersecurity community with opportunities to learn from each other and hone their skills, join conversations that matter, and find like-minded peers. By harnessing the community's collective intelligence and expertise, RSAC will further shape and define the legacy for future generations of cybersecurity professionals while paving the way for a safer society.
Introducing the Expanded RSAC™
"We've always used the 'C' in RSAC to represent conference, but it's come to mean so much more. It's the content that we share, the connections that we make, and most importantly it's the community that we serve," said Dr. Hugh Thompson, Executive Chairman, RSAC. "We've been working with the cybersecurity community for the past 18 months to co-design a platform that can be a home for all cybersecurity professionals under the banner of RSAC™. We've been growing our team, and over the coming months we look forward to introducing a global platform built by and for the cybersecurity community, driving learning, collaboration, professional growth, and collective progress towards a safer society." Thompson has served as the RSAC Conference Program Committee Chair since 2008 and moved into his current role as RSAC Executive Chairman in 2023.
RSAC has significantly grown as an organization. In the past 18 months the company has added Darren Shou as Chief Strategy Officer and Jason Sauvie as Chief Financial Officer. Shou joined RSAC after serving as CTO at Gen Digital (Norton LifeLock) while Sauvie was CFO at Medable.
Petros Efstathopoulos has been appointed Vice President of Research & Development leading RSAC's new engineering team, research labs, and innovation initiatives, bringing along expertise from his time at Intel, Symantec, and Gen Digital. Rounding out the new leadership team additions, Rebecca Gordon joined as Senior Vice President of Operations after spending time as a leader in customer success at a series of startups.
Strengthening the existing leadership team, several key leadership updates were announced with Linda Gray Martin promoted to Senior Vice President of RSAC and Chief of Staff of the company, Michelle Adams-Dixon elevated to Senior Vice President of Global Marketing & Communications, and Britta Glade appointed Senior Vice President of Content & Communities. Additionally, Cecilia Marinier is now Vice President of Innovation & Scholars.
Looking Ahead to RSAC™ 2025 Conference
RSAC™ Conference, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, will remain as the flagship event held annually in San Francisco under the new RSAC brand umbrella. RSAC™ Conference is coming off a successful 2024 event that saw more than 41,000 attendees from over 130 countries come together to take part in 425 sessions, 33 keynote presentations, and engage with more than 600 exhibiting companies while discussing the latest trends and threats in cybersecurity on a global scale. RSAC™ 2025 Conference will take place April 28 - May 1, 2025, in San Francisco at the Moscone Center.
About RSAC
As the cybersecurity industry's convening authority, RSAC brings together diverse minds to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas. RSAC provides the world's leading platform for uniting and advancing the cybersecurity community to create a safer society. RSAC is at the cutting edge of cybersecurity innovation and education. The company's flagship event, RSAC™ Conference, is the largest and most influential global gathering in cybersecurity. RSAC gives cybersecurity professionals a platform to connect and grow. To learn more, visit www.OneRSAC.com.
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