RSA Conference is an annual cybersecurity conference held in San Francisco, United States.
It also offers innovation programs that support startups, a free RSAC College Day program for current college students and recent graduates, an invitation-only RSAC Security Scholar program for IT and cybersecurity students, hands-on interactive programs, and more.
Typically, this cybersecurity conference – which is one of the major ones, has 20 keynotes, 700 presenters, 500 sessions, and 600 exhibitors.
Early conferences were centered on cryptography and commerce, but in the early 2000s, the main focus shifted to cloud and cybersecurity. Additionally, Conference organizers choose an industry theme to focus on each year.
Thousands of people apply for a few hundred presenting slots at RSA Conference, and only a few hundred are chosen.