For 35 years, RSAC has been a driving force behind the world’s cybersecurity community. The power of community is a key focus for the 2026 conference. With that in mind, this article is largely authored by sponsors and exhibitors who told Cybercrime Magazine why RSAC is critically important to them, and to all ofus.
“Enterprises now run AI agents and MCPs that integrate across their software stack. RSAC is where we need to reset the AI security conversation around agentic risk and AI governance.” – Ankita Gupta, Akto, CEO and Co-founder
“For us it is always an amazing opportunity for 2 reasons mainly, first is to be updated about cybersecurity trends and new technology, as long as taking the pulse of the market. Second, as a Global well known best in class congress, creates a great point of meeting face to face contact for most of our global Customers, US and LATAM.” – Juan Miguel Velasco, Aiuken Solutions, CEO and Founder
“RSAC is where the security community pressure-tests what’s real versus hype. I’m attending to share what I am seeing, as AI reshapes enterprise workflows, and to collaborate on practical approaches that improve security outcomes in production.” – Apurv Garg, Aurva, CEO and Co-founder
“RSAC compresses months of market signals into just a few days. The real insights come from off-the-cuff conversations, and this year the message is clear: managing data at scale is expensive, context to drive action across security teams is increasingly complex, and cyber leaders are under pressure to hard-wire AI-driven productivity into how their businesses operate.” – Ahmed Rubaie, Anomali, CEO
“As AI becomes foundational to how enterprises operate, RSAC remains the critical forum for advancing practical, global approaches to security and governance, where people come together to turn security challenges into shared solutions. I’m looking forward to attending again this year and engaging with practitioners and leaders who are actively defining how we secure emerging technologies at scale.” – Jim Reavis, CEO and Co-founder, Cloud Security Alliance
“RSA conference is one place I keep running into familiar faces, as I was in the CISO’s buying shoes before I switched sides. And for the last 5 years, BreachLock has shown up at RSA consistently—it’s our hard reset on what CISOs actually care about vs. marketing noise. Every year, it helps me recalibrate—or validate—my founder vision. Can’t miss it” – Seemant Sehgal, CEO and Founder, Breachlock
“As enterprises move from AI experimentation to production, security expectations are rising sharply around how data and models are protected during active use. I am attending RSAC 2026 to engage with industry leaders on practical, deployable approaches to securing AI systems at scale through continuous encryption and secure computation.” – Ravi Srivatsav, DataKrypto, CEO and Co-founder
“Organizations are navigating one of the most complex regulatory environments we’ve ever seen, making security and compliance central to brand reputation and trust. We’re headed to RSAC to help enterprise security leaders harmonize their compliance journey with the rigor, efficiency, and automation today’s landscape requires. It’s an opportunity to show how modern auditing can keep pace with modern risk.” – Scott Price, CEO, A-LIGN
“RSAC is where the direction of our industry becomes clear through honest dialogue. It brings together people who are solving real security problems under real constraints. I’m attending to learn from practitioners and peers, and to share how Cyble’s AI-native defence platform can help organizations and governments respond faster and more decisively as threats continue to evolve.” – Beenu Arora, CEO and Co-founder, Cyble
“Attending RSA Conference is important for me because the industry has outgrown fragmented conversations around tools, compliance, and point-in-time security. RSA gives us the global stage to advance Digital Trust as the next operating model—where security, compliance, resilience, AI, and risk converge into a continuously provable trust signal. This is where we move the dialogue from “Are we secure or compliant?” to “Can we be trusted—right now?. DigitalXForce will be sharing the need for Digital Trust at RSAC and engaging with Cyber Leaders on this topic to raise awareness.” – Lalit Ahluwalia, CEO and Founder, DigitalXForce
“As an industry, we stand in an unusual moment where geopolitical transitions, waves of new technology such as AI, and economic shifts are all radically transforming both the risk landscape as well as how we need to respond. There has never been a more important moment to bring cyber practitioners and leaders together to focus on driving resilience and minimizing downtime for global enterprises.” – Christy Wyatt, CEO, Absolute Security
“RSAC is where the future of cybersecurity gets defined, and we’re there to be part of that conversation—showing how first-party, sovereign threat intelligence and CTEM can help organizations see and reduce risk before it’s exploited. For Edgewatch, it’s about connecting with the ecosystem that’s shaping what comes next” – Lucia Mundina Bonet, CEO and Co-founder, Edgewatch
“As a CEO, one of the most important commodities to me is time, and anything that can help me make the most efficient use of time is a no-brainer. That’s why I go to RSA. At one event, I can meet customers and prospects, talk with our partners, and learn about what’s happening in the industry. I feel like I get a month’s worth of high-value meetings and insights in just a few days.” – Sam Li, CEO and Founder, Thoropass
“You can’t build threat resilience in isolation. RSAC brings the community together around shared experience, so organizations can continuously test, prioritize, and improve their defenses. We’re looking forward to spending time with customers and partners to talk candidly about how agentic security engineering can be used thoughtfully to automate staying ahead of real-world and AI-driven threats.” – Eyal Wachsman, CEO and Co-founder, Cymulate
Cybersecurity Ventures is an RSAC Media Partner, and we look forward to seeing you Mar. 23-26 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. If you haven’t registered yet, then it’s not too late. Registration for RSAC 2026 Here
– Steve Morgan is founder and Editor-in-Chief at Cybersecurity Ventures.
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