RSAC Set to Honor Lifetime Achievement, Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Awards at RSAC™ 2025 Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference LLC (" RSAC "), the company behind the world's largest and most influential cybersecurity conference, today announced the recipients of the RSAC™ 2025 Conference Lifetime Achievement Awards: Burt Kaliski, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Verisign, and Amit Yoran (posthumously), former Chairman and CEO at Tenable. The recipients of the Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics are Shai Halevi, Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS Cryptography, and Victor Shoup, Principal Research Scientist at Offchain Labs. All awards will be presented during the West Stage Keynote program.
'We are deeply honored to recognize this year's award winners ahead of RSAC™ Conference and hope our attendees get the opportunity to celebrate their achievements on stage later this month,' said Linda Gray Martin, Senior Vice President, RSAC™ Conference. 'All four of our 2025 award winners have demonstrated long-standing dedication to their fields and have had an enduring impact on the cybersecurity industry.'
Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Lifetime Achievement Award honors outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the cybersecurity industry over their lifetime. Past recipients represent several of the most influential minds in the field whose work continues to have a lasting impact.
The RSAC™ 2025 Conference Lifetime Achievement Awards are set to be awarded to:
Burt Kaliski
Monday, April 28, West Stage Keynote, 4:35 PM
Dr. Burt Kaliski Jr. is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Verisign. He leads Verisign's long-term research program and is responsible for the company's industry standards engagements, university collaborations, and technical community programs. He previously served as the founding director of the EMC Innovation Network, as vice president of research at RSA Security, and as the founding chief scientist of RSA Laboratories, where his contributions included the development of the Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS). He received a doctorate, master's degree, and bachelor's degree in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Amit Yoran (posthumously)
Wednesday, April 30, West Stage Keynote, 3:30 PM
Amit Yoran was the chairman and CEO of Tenable, leading its vision to empower organizations to understand and reduce their cybersecurity risk. Amit brought a unique blend of leadership in the private and public sectors to Tenable. He previously served as RSA's president after joining the company through its acquisition of NetWitness, the network forensics company he founded and led as CEO. Prior to NetWitness, Amit served as founding director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) program in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was also founder and CEO of Riptech, one of the first managed security service providers (MSSP), which Symantec acquired in 2002. Amit served on the board of directors for BlackLine, Inc. and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and was recognized as a security industry thought leader and influencer. He was a proud graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he excelled in the field of Computer Science.
Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics, Co-Sponsored by IACR
First presented in 1998, the RSAC™ Conference Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics acknowledges the outstanding contributions of individuals and/or organizations whose work in cryptography and mathematics helps to advance the cybersecurity industry. Award recipients are determined by an esteemed judging committee which seeks to recognize innovation and ongoing contributions to the industry. For the fourth consecutive year, the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) co-sponsored the Mathematics Award with RSAC™ Conference.
The recipients of the RSAC™ 2025 Conference Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award are set to be awarded to:
Shai Halevi
Tuesday, April 29, West Stage Keynote at 11:30 AM
Dr. Shai Halevi has made remarkable contributions to many areas of cryptography, including fundamental theory, advanced cryptographic primitives, secure multi-party computations, homomorphic encryption, and cryptographic code obfuscation. He also initiated and co-developed the HElib software library for homomorphic encryption, and contributed to the cryptography community through IACR service, steering and program committees, development of conference software, and more. Shai is a Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS Cryptography. Before that, he was a research fellow in the Algorand Foundation and a principal researcher in the Cryptography Research Group in IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Shai received his PhD in Computer Science from MIT.
Victor Shoup
Tuesday, April 29, West Stage Keynote at 11:30 AM
Dr. Victor Shoup has made multiple influential contributions to cryptography, spanning both theoretical and practical aspects. He is widely known for his work on the Cramer-Shoup cryptosystem, the first practical public-key encryption scheme proven secure against adaptive chosen ciphertext attacks, which has had lasting influence on both academia and industry. Other areas where Victor made significant contributions include secure multi-party computation and distributed systems, and homomorphic encryption. He also advanced the field of computational algebra via his celebrated work on factoring polynomials over finite fields and the development of the widely used NTL software library. Victor is currently a Principal Research Scientist at Offchain Labs and Professor Emeritus at NYU. Before that, he was a professor at NYU and a research scientist at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
'The IACR is proud to be co-sponsoring the Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award again in 2025,' said Michel Abdalla, President, IACR. 'The award winners this year made significant contributions to the cryptography field, including multilinear maps and obfuscation (Halevi) and chosen-ciphertext security and hash proof systems (Shoup). Their incredible efforts in the field of mathematics and cryptography have been instrumental in the continued advancement of cybersecurity.'
RSAC™ 2025 Conference will take place April 28 - May 1, 2025, in San Francisco at the Moscone Center.
About RSAC
As the cybersecurity industry's convening authority, RSAC brings together diverse minds to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas. RSAC provides the world's leading platform for uniting and advancing the cybersecurity community to create a safer society. RSAC is at the cutting edge of cybersecurity innovation and education. The company's flagship event, RSAC™ Conference, is the largest and most influential global gathering in cybersecurity. RSAC gives cybersecurity professionals a platform to connect and grow. To learn more, visit www.OneRSAC.com.
About RSAC™ Conference
RSAC™ Conference is the largest and most influential Conference in the cybersecurity industry. Today, under the expanded RSAC brand, the Conference is central to a larger mission that unites the cybersecurity community to create a safer society. To learn more, visit www.rsaconference.com/usa.
About the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit organization devoted to supporting the promotion of the science of cryptology. The IACR organizes a series of conferences and workshops and publishes several proceedings and journals. The IACR also maintains the Cryptology ePrint Archive, an online repository of cryptologic research papers aimed at providing rapid dissemination of results. For more information, please visit www.iacr.org.
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