The RSA 2025 Conference is back in San Francisco and, as always, is packed with the latest on cybersecurity trends, technologies, and insights. Keynote speakers include industry leaders, security experts, and maybe even some surprise guests. You can anticipate a wide range of topics, including a focus on the following:
AI in cybersecurity (both as a threat and a defense)
Cloud security challenges and solutions
The latest ransomware tactics and how to defend against them
Privacy regulations and data protection
Emerging threats like quantum computing
Keep an eye out for emerging trends that will be highlighted at the conference. This year, expect a strong focus on topics such as XDR (extended detection and response), zero-trust security, security automation, and the evolving role of the CISO.
RSA Conference 2025 coverage
10 insights on the state of AI security from RSA Conference
May 1, 2025: Way more AI is on the menu for CISOs going forward. Here are some key tensions to keep in mind when shaping cyber defense strategies bolstered with AI.
HPE adds ‘digital circuit breaker’ to protect GreenLake customers
April 30, 2025: HPE has introduced new security features for its Aruba Networking and GreenLake platforms to enhance cloud and network security in hybrid IT environments. The updates include an AI-driven policy engine for network access control, tighter integration between Aruba Central and HPE OpsRamp for unified visibility, and real-time threat response across SD-WAN and SSE.
HPE Aruba boosts NAC security, adds GreenLake ‘kill switch’
April 29, 2025: HPE Aruba announced a variety of updates, including a new policy manager for network access control (NAC), tighter integration between Aruba Networking Central and HPE OpsRamp, and new security components for its SD-WAN and SSE packages.
Palo Alto unpacks security platform to protect AI resource
April 29, 2025: Palo Alto Networks unveiled its Prisma AIRS AI security platform that the company says is designed to protect the developing enterprise AI ecosystem from attacks.
Huntress expands ITDR capabilities to combat credential theft and BEC
April 29, 2025: Cybersecurity outfit Huntress, known for its threat-detection solutions, has announced expanding identity-specific offerings – including protection from credential theft and business email compromise (BEC) – on its existing managed identity threat detection and response (ITDR) offering.
AI looms large on the RSA Conference agenda
April 28, 2025: Thousands of delegates ( and around 600 exhibitors are in San Francisco to hear talks on the use of generative AI technologies in threat detection, automated vulnerability management, and the ethics of AI in security, among other topics.
IBM aims for autonomous security operations
April 28, 2025: IBM has added new agentic and automation capabilities to its MDR (managed detection and response) services to help customers more quickly and efficiently secure enterprise resources.
Cisco automates AI-driven security across enterprise networks
April 28, 2025: At RSA Conference 2025, Cisco unveiled agentic AI capabilities in Cisco XDR, the latest version of Splunk SOAR, and an open-source AI security management model.
10 key questions security leaders must ask at RSA 2025
April 24, 2025: Here are 10 key security questions likely to dominate the cocktail party conversations, sidebars, and sidewalks of San Francisco, as security leaders process RSA 2025 presentations, hoopla, and in-your-face advertising across the city.
AI, cybersecurity investments and identity take center stage at RSA 2024
May 29, 2024: At the 33rd RSA Conference in San Francisco, the buzz about cybersecurity investments and M&A picked up steam, AI-based defense and AI-delivered industry models, and overall product innovation. Above all, there was a palpable focus on what it will take to make organizations combat-ready for the next waves of cybercrime and how best to manage it all.
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