Latest news with #AmitYoran
Associated Press
15-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
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 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 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 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE RSAC
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Tenable Holdings (TENB) Is Plunging in 2025?
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Tenable Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:TENB) stands against other cybersecurity stocks that are plunging in 2025. Cybersecurity stocks ranked among the hottest names on the stock market for years as these companies have been riding a wave of cyber threats and have easily acquired clients. Moreover, AI made them even hotter. These companies delivered jaw-dropping growth as businesses scrambled to protect their data from extremely sophisticated attacks. Even in this environment, many are still posting very impressive revenue figures. Their services remain in high demand because cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down. Yet despite this strength, their stock prices have taken a nosedive this year. Unfortunately, there's a lot of pessimism surrounding AI and connected themes like cybersecurity. Wall Street is pulling back on these names, and the shift has dragged down some stocks that were market darlings just a few months before. It's a good idea to look into the cybersecurity stocks that have been sold off the most, as there are likely buying opportunities here. For this article, I screened the worst-performing cybersecurity stocks year-to-date. I will also mention the number of hedge fund investors in these stocks. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A tech expert at their workplace, immersed in scrutinizing a Cyber exposure solution. Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 38 Tenable Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:TENB) is a cybersecurity company that provides cyber exposure management. The stock is down significantly so far in 2025 due to Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) reporting mixed Q4 2024 results with revenue of $235.7 million (up 11% year-over-year) and better-than-expected earnings per share. However, the company issued weaker-than-expected revenue and EPS guidance for Q1 2025. The sudden death of CEO Amit Yoran in January 2025 after a battle with cancer also created leadership uncertainty. Interim Co-CEOs Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond were appointed, but investors reacted negatively to the lack of permanent leadership. The consensus price target of $49.2 implies 35.09% upside. TENB stock is down 7.52% year-to-date. Overall, TENB ranks 13th on our list of cybersecurity stocks that are plunging in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of TENB as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than TENB but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the . READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Sign in to access your portfolio
