RSA Conference 2017, an information security conferences and exposition, announced that the 12th annual Innovation Sandbox Contest is now accepting submissions to name the RSAC Most Innovative Startup 2017. Past winners include successful companies such as Sourcefire, Imperva, Waratek, and most recently Phantom.
Innovation and Entrepreneur Seminars
As a leader in the infosec space, RSA Conference continually commits to fostering and promoting innovation in the industry. Therefore, in 2017, in addition to the flagship contest, Innovation and Entrepreneur Seminars aimed at entrepreneurs and interested attendees will offer sessions to learn more about validating a good idea, finding funding, and launching a company. Additionally, RSA Conference will host 35 information security start-ups with less than $5 million in revenue in the Early Stage Expo area.
To help identify how best to introduce these new offerings, RSA Conference engaged the Program Committee, which includes leading Venture Capitalists Theresia Gouw, Aspect Ventures; Arik Kleinstein, Glilot Capital Partners; and Ted Schlein, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Innovation Sandbox Contest
“The increasing sophistication of security threats, including the technologies, techniques and bad actors, means our protection mechanisms and approach must keep pace,” said Ted Schlein, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. “RSA Conference’s Innovation Sandbox Contest is an excellent forum to discover the ideas and innovation needed to compete and win in this rapidly evolving and dynamic landscape.”
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RSA Conference will be working with leading technology news outlet, TechCrunch, again this year in its continued effort to push the information security industry forward by shining a light on ground-breaking security companies. Participants will pitch their security solutions in front of a live audience that has in the past included venture capital professionals, industry experts, senior level business practitioners and thought leaders. Five industry veterans will judge the competition and select a winner.
The contest will kick off on February 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. PST and the winner will be announced at 4:00 p.m. PST. Companies are invited to submit an entry online no later than 8 p.m. PST on Thursday, December 8, 2016.
