RSA Conference 2011 February 14 through 18 in San Francisco

Look for serious and not so serious blogs about the companies appearing at RSA Conference 2011 (where the world talks security) to be written about here (about those companies who are at RSA, anyway). Who has the most visibility. What they’re talking about during the RSA security event in their booth. What they’re talking about in any keynotes they’re taking part in. Who among them has the best tchotchkes. http://www.rsaconference.com/2011/usa/index.htm . Quite an event, the RSA security conference is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Symantec is one of three Golden Diamond sponsors. McAfee is one of three Platinum sponsors. Sophos and Websense are among the Gold sponsors. Trend Micro and Intel (owner of of the Platinum sponsors) are among the Silver sponsors for the event.

The Friday closing keynote will be given by former US President Bill Clinton (whose running mate, Al Gore, invented the Internet ;)) Re RSA - “W” across 3rd Avenue from RSA is one of the places where people hang. Keynote presenters are listed at http://www.rsaconference.com/2011/usa/agenda/keynotes.htm

Security Award Events Taking Place During RSA

Also taking place that week, though not part of the RSA Conference 2011:

The SC Magazine Awards 2011 (US) will be given out the evening of February 15 at the Intercontinental Hotel, just down the street from RSA. For a list of the finalists, go to

http://www.scmagazineus.com/2011-sc-awards-us-finalists/section/1908/ Tickets for the event are also on this site.

The Info Security Products Guide 2011 Global Product Excellence awards will be given out the evening of February 16. To view a list of the finalists, go to

http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/excellence/finalists.html Tickets for the event are also on this site.