ANX sent four delegates (including our CEO) to the RSA conference this year with learning in mind;  learning more about what our competition is up to, learning more about potential business partners, and learning more about emerging trends in security.  Here are some of my takeaways from the conference:
 
Attendance
According to Tom Heiser (of RSA) attendance was up 20% this year.  After a disappointing 2009 this is refreshing news and hopefully the sign of a recovering economy.
 
Themes
Cloud Security:  The Cloud Security Alliance put on a sold out show to kick off the conference on Monday.  Unfortunately I did not arrive in San Francisco until ...

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The case for outsourcing
 
Crisis is the mother of innovation. The history of mankind is full with new ideas that were born during or after a major crisis. On a national level, you can see countries like Germany and Japan, that despite bloody history and major national crisis, emerged to become economic super powers and created much technological advancement. On the other hand, countries like Switzerland, that was always neutral and peaceful, a are mainly famous for technological ...

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Targeted attacks are one of the hot topics at RSA this week.  A targeted threat is a class of malware destined for one specific organization or industry.  The primary objective is to capture sensitive user information.  The January attack on Google gmail, termed Operation Aurora, is the most recent highly visible targeted attack.
 
During the show, I caught up with Richi Jennings who is an independent technology and security consultant and we discussed targeted attacks.  Check out the highlights from our conversation in the video blog below:
 
 







 
You can read Richi's blog at http://richi.co.uk/blog/

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I'm looking forward to the RSA conference next week in San Francisco.  I'll be joined by our CEO, Rich Stanbaugh, Chief Security Officer, Dennis Piche and Cloud Development Director, Yaron Levi.
 
I'll be doing a daily blog from the RSA show to highlight some key observations and learnings.  I'd also welcome the opportunity to meet any friends or followers of ANX while at the show.  Just drop me an email note at mooreg@anx.com to arrange a time.