RSA Conference 2005: Philisophical debate, vendor sparring, and products, products, products
Last week's RSA Conference in San Francisco spawned philisophical debate, vendor sparring and a bevy of product announcements. With a record number of both attendees and exhibitors slated to show up, the conference was dominated by such topics as spyware and adware, remotely controlled bots and other threats.
Microsoft, best known in security circles for its long string of Windows vulnerabilities, put its best face on and grabbed a lot of the RSA spotlight in the process. The company made news for committing its support to a new group that will publish warnings about phishing attempts; announcing free anti-spyware and intentions to debut a new version of Internet Explorer by the end of the year; and warning attendees to beware of rootkits, a new generation of system monitoring programs. Microsoft also joined Cisco and Symantec in launching a rating system that will standardize the measurement of the severity of software vulnerabilities.
The company also drew fire from anti-virus vendor Symantec when CEO John Thompson criticized his sometimes-partner-sometimes-rival's anti-spyware technology while announcing that Symantec was adding its own anti-spyware software to its current product line. Of course, this is the stuff that good IT trade shows are made of.
Other vendors announcing new products included Cisco, Sun Microsystems, McAfee, Novell and others.
In addition to vendors jockeying for press attention, RSA hosted security experts from diverse backgrounds debating the state of computer security today, the role of the security professional, the skills required as security threats widen, industry regulation and more. For a comprehensive roundup of all the minute details, check out CNET News.com's collection of news from the show. And for the alt-rock take on the show, join cryptography expert and CTO of encryption vendor PGP Jonathan Callas as he tours the expo and picks three security companies worth a closer look.
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