Press Information

For any press related inquiries, please contact: Mike Fearon, 617.779.1807, rsaconf@shiftcomm.com

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Press Working Area Has Moved!
The Press Working Area will no longer be located in Moscone North. For RSA Conference 2012, the Press Working Area will be located at Moscone South, East Mezzanine 200. This room is a media-only community working area, equipped with wireless Internet access, a limited number of computer stations, Ethernet connections, press kits and refreshments. This area will be off-limits to all exhibitors and their PR agencies.

The Press Working Area (room 200) will be open during the following hours:

Monday, February 27	9 AM – 6 PM
Tuesday, February 28	6:30 AM – 7 PM
Wednesday, February 29	7:30 AM – 7 PM
Thursday, March 1	7:30 AM – 6 PM
Friday, March 2	8:30 AM – 3 PM

One-on-One Press Meeting Rooms
Rooms 220-222 are available if you are interested in holding meetings with exhibiting companies away from the show floor. This area will contain 10 private meeting rooms and times are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis in one-hour blocks beginning at the top of the hour. Time limits will be enforced on-site. Be sure to book early!

The one-on-one meeting rooms (rooms 220-222) will be open during the following hours:

Monday, February 27	9 AM – 6 PM
Tuesday, February 28	9 AM – 6 PM
Wednesday, February 29	9 AM – 6 PM
Thursday, March 1	9 AM – 6 PM
Friday, March 2	9 AM – 2 PM

To reserve a meeting time and space, please send an email request to Amanda Grinavich at rsaconf@shiftcomm.com. All meeting room requests must be submitted by Friday, February 24, by 5 PM ET. On-site sign-up for any remaining meeting room space will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Session and Event Highlights

View the Event Catalog for room locations, times and details.

Crypto Commons Debates:
Wednesday, February 29 | 12 PM
Software Liability: Our Saving Grace or Kiss of Death?
Debaters: Marcus Ranum, Tenable Networks vs. Bruce Schneier, BT
Moderator: Pete Lindstrom, Spire Security

Thursday, March 1 | 12 PM
Internet Access: Right or Privilege
Debaters: Peter Eckersley, EFF vs. Ira Winkler, ISAG
Moderator: Alan Shimel, TheCISOGroup

Hot Sessions:

EXP-204 - The Role of Security in Company 2.0
Moderator:  Asheem Chandna, Greylock Partners, Partner
Panelists: Nils Puhlmann, Zynga, Chief Security Officer; Joe Sullivan, Facebook, Chief Security Officer;
DJ Patil, Greylock Partners, Data Scientist in Residence (note: former LinkedIn)

MBS-303 - Securing the Mobile Device When Employees are the Decision Makers
Moderator: Kevin Mahaffey, Lookout, Chief Technology Officer
Panelists: Mike Convertino, Microsoft Corporation, Director, Network Security; Alex Stamos, iSEC Partners, Founding Partner of iSEC Partners; Jeff Moss, Blackhat, Founder & Director; William Boni, T-Mobile USA, Corporate Information Security Officer

MBS-304 - Smartphones: Placing Enterprise Security into the Hands of the Users
Edward Amoroso, AT&T, Chief Security Officer

MBS-402 - iOS Security Internals
Charlie Miller, Accuvant, Principal Research Consultant; Dino Dai Zovi, Trail of Bits, Security Researcher

SECT-303 - Making World Class Cloud Security the Rule, not the Exception
Aaron Levie, Box.net, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder; Jason Hengels, Box.net, VP of Security

PNG-304 - Hacking the Vote?
Moderator: Candice Hoke, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University
Panelists: David Jefferson, Computer Scientist, Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Labs; J. Alex Halderman, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Innovation Sandbox
Monday, February 27 | 1 – 6 PM Crypto Commons

Join host Hugh Thompson at RSA Conference 2012 for an exciting half-day program where you can explore the new technologies that promise to transform information security while providing a glimpse into the state of funding in the security industry.

Learn More

Finalists:

1. Appthority
2. CloudPassage
3. Content Raven
4. Dome9 Security
5. Impermium
6. ionGrid
7. MokaFive
8. Pindrop Security
9. Sonatype
10. Sumo Logic