The Great Annual Cybersecurity Nerdfest
Cybersecurity Canon Activities at the RSA Conference this Week
RSAC 2026 is occurring March 23-26! Here is your one-stop shop for RSAC sessions or activities with ties to the Cybersecurity Canon!
The sections below include Book Signings, Canon Author and Committee Member Speaking sessions, Birds of a Feather sessions, and even representation at College Day.
Book Signings: Opportunities with Authors of Hall of Fame/Nominated
Author: Ross Haleliuk
Book: Cyber for Builders, Hall of Fame Nominee
When: Tuesday, Mar 24 at 11 AM PDT (after Ross’ speaking session)
Where: RSAC Bookstore
Author: Helen Patton
2025 Hall of Fame winner for Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path
Book: Switching to Cyber: The Mid-Career Guide to Launching a Cybersecurity Career
When: Tue 3/24 at 1pm
Where: RSAC bookstore
Author: Rick Howard (Me)
Book: Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics, 2026 Hall of Fame Winner
When: Tuesday 3/24 at 3:45pm
Where: RSAC bookstore
Author: Cassie Crossley
When: Thursday, Mar 26 1:00 - 1:45 PM PDT
Where: RSAC bookstore
CyberCanon’s Hall of Fame Authors and Committee Member’s Sessions
MONDAY
Author: Caroline Wong
Books: Security Metrics: A Beginner’s Guide, Hall of Fame Nominee
Session 1:The Foundations of AI
When: Monday, Mar 23 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM PDT
CyberCanon Committee Member: Adrian Sanabria
Session: A Failure Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The Case for Breach Transparency
When: Monday, Mar 23 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
Author: Nicole Perlroth
Author of To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy and Hall of Fame book: This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
Session 1: Resilient Infrastructure as National Defense: The Digital Front Line
When: Monday, Mar 23 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
CCC Member & Author: Cassie Crossley
Author of Software Supply Chain Security
When: Monday, Mar 23 1:00 - 1:45 PM PDT
Canon Committee Member: Meghan Jacquot
When: Monday, Mar 23 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
Author: Roger Grimes
Author of Hall of Fame Nominee book: Preparing for the Day When Quantum Computing Breaks Today’s Crypto
Session: Who Would Fall for That? Foundations of Avoiding Scary Scams
When: Monday, Mar 23 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM PDT
TUESDAY
Author: Ross Haleliuk
Author of HoF Nominee “Cyber for Builders”
Session: Inside the Network Live: Winning as an Incumbent in the Age of AI
When: Tuesday, Mar 24 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
Author: George Kurtz
Co-author of Hall of Fame book Hacking Exposed with Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray
Session 1: The Crash Test is Over: New Standards of Command for AI Safety
When: Tuesday, Mar 24 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM PDT
Author: Rick Howard (Me)
Presenting with Brandon Karpf
Session: LAB2-T09 - First Principles Risk Forecasting: From Theory to Practice
When: Tuesday, Mar 24 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY
Author: Sounil Yu
Author of: Cyber Defense Matrix: The Essential Guide to Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape
Session: When Dollars Don’t Make Sense: Rethinking Cyber Risk Quantification
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
Author: Rock Lambros
Book: The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives with Matthew Sharp)
Session: The Unsolvable Problem: Right to Erasure and Irreversible Nature of LLMs
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
CCC member & Author: Cassie Crossley
Author of Software Supply Chain Security
Session: Panel: Supply Chain Under Siege: Strategic Defense in a Regulated World
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 1:15 - 2:05 PM PDT
Author: Brian Krebs
Author of Hall of Fame book: Spam Nation
Session: From Infiltration to Disruption: Taking on the Russian Cyber Mob
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM PDT
Canon Co-Founder and Author: Helen Patton
Author of the 2025 Hall of Fame winner, Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path, and also author of Switching to Cyber: The Mid-Career Guide to Launching a Cybersecurity Career
Session: Beyond Jericho: Salvaging Zero Trust from Buzzword Bingo
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM PDT
Author: Caroline Wong
Author of Hall of Fame Nominee book: Security Metrics: A Beginner’s Guide
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 2:25 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
Author: Bruce Schneier
Lifetime Achievement Author of Secrets and Lies, Data and Goliath, and Click Here to Kill Everybody
Session: Integrous System Design
When: Wednesday, Mar 25 2:25 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
THURSDAY
Author: Nicole Perlroth
Author of To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy and Hall of Fame book: This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
Session 2: The Cyber Threat Landscape: Year in Review, Future in Focus
When: Thursday, Mar 26 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM PDT
Author: George Kurtz
Co-author of Hall of Fame book Hacking Exposed with Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray
Session 2: Hacking Exposed
When: Thursday, Mar 26 10:50 AM - 11:40 AM PDT
Bird of Feather sessions
Author: Kelly Shortridge
BoF Topic: Adapting to the Unknown: Resilience Engineering in a Time of Chaos
Book: Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems, 2026 Hall of Fame Winner
When: Monday, Mar 23 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
CCC Member & Author: Cassie Crossley
BoF Topic: Exploitable or Not? CRA-Ready Product Security Triage for CVEs
Cassie is the author of Software Supply Chain Security
When: Thursday, Mar 26 1:00 - 2:20 PM PDT
Other
College day: Meghan Jacquot of the CyberCanon Committee is volunteering at College Day to help give feedback to college students on their resumes