Key Takeaways from the 2026 RSA Conference

by Marty Magida

If last year’s RSAC sounded the warning that AI was a train coming and coming fast, this year’s conference was a realization that it has arrived if not already left the station. There was a palpable sense that the bad guys are way ahead. The time to compromise has shrunk immensely and the 44,000 attendees… View Article

Key Takeaways from the 2025 Black Hat Conference

by Marty Magida

Earlier this month we trekked to Las Vegas once again for the annual Black Hat conference. With RSA having taken place just 3 months prior, there was no particularly revelatory news to report, although the hype foisted upon attendees by exhibitors was as elevated as we’ve experienced in our decades-long journey attending technology conferences. It… View Article

Key Takeaways from the 2025 RSA Conference

by Marty Magida

“(A)I Can Do Anything Better Than You” With a tip of the hat to Annie Oakley, if there was a theme song for this year’s RSA conference, it would be the classic number from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.  The vibe at the conference was all AI, all the time.  No exhibit, panel,… View Article

Key Takeaways from the 2024 Black Hat Conference

by Martin Magida

With the RSA Conference barely in the rear-view mirror we made our way once again to Black Hat’sannual gathering in Las Vegas this month. Notwithstanding the usual sauna-like temperatures (onehopes BH gets a major seasonal discount from Mandalay Bay), attendance was robust and the mood wasgenerally positive. Our takeaways from the conference: The cybersecurity industry… View Article

Key Takeaways from the 2024 RSA Conference

by Martin Magida

Berkery Noyes made our annual trip to the RSA Conference earlier this month. The conference continues to represent the enterprise information security industry and brings together the industry’s leading companies and cutting-edge innovators. This year’s RSA conference enjoyed pre-Covid levels of attendance with approximately 45,000 attendees learning about the latest technology and practices to combat… View Article