Eight Trends to Follow at RSA
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The Cloud ConundrumSecurity has been one of the major inhibitors to cloud adoption within the enterprise to date. When the experts convene this year, expect cloud security discussions to revolve around security enablement technologies, as well as new frameworks to measure and audit the security of cloud services and solutions.
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Deploying Security as a ServiceLast year we saw the burgeoning growth of security SaaS deployments. This year, expect the trend to really take RSA by storm. Channel players should expect to see a lot more security as a service offerings, as well as a range of hybrid offerings that mix SaaS with traditional on-premises protections.
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Securing Social MediaAs Facebook, Twitter and YouTube embed themselves further into the fabric of everyday business operations IT security professionals are struggling to find ways to keep the collaboration clicking along while minimizing the risk of attacks and data leaks posed by these new channels.
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Keeping up with ComplianceThe compliance discussion has long been a vendor and speaker touchstone, a foundation upon which most security talks build upon. Expect the dialogue to continue this year, with lots of emphasis placed on PCI and data breach notification compliance issues.
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Consumerization ChaosThe more iPods, smartphones, personal netbooks and other consumer devices your clients’ employees drag into the office, the more difficult it is for you to help control when and how these users access valuable information and infrastructure. Expect a lot of talk to revolve around how to better reign in this chaos.
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Metrics ManiaHow can IT pros expect to get better at security if they’re not able to measure their efforts? The industry has made some significant progress in this arena over the past several years, but there’s more work yet to do. Just before the show starts in earnest, metrics wonks will meet up for MiniMetricon, a small, day-long event devoted to measuring security effectiveness.
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Wielding Web Apps the Right WayThe fast development cycle inherent in bringing Web 2.0 applications live has taken its toll on the security of most IT organizations. The web application security contingent hopes to continue its proselytizing about secure development practices and tools that can help minimize web application risks.
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The Browser BattlefieldWeb 2.0 has also helped drag the security battlefield from the operating system into the browser, which typically acts as the portal for many enterprise and consumer applications that users tap into today. There will be a number of studies out that will highlight the increased attacks hackers are making through the browser and associated applications.