Huge turnout at RSA shows hackers are winning

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246607/Huge_turnout_at_RSA_shows_hackers_are_winning

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
February 26, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the battle between enterprises and malicious hackers, 
the bad guys are clearly winning, judging by the sheer number of people 
and exhibitors at the RSA security conference going on here this week.

With an estimated 30,000 attendees and more than 400 exhibitors, RSA 2014 
is the biggest event since its launch as a conference for cryptographers 
in 1991.

That's clearly a good thing for RSA, which by one analyst's estimates 
generates more than $100 million in revenues from the event. It's also a 
great thing for security vendors because it shows demand for their 
products is booming.

But the conference's growth is a also sobering reminder of the continuing 
challenges enterprises face in protecting their networks and data against 
malicious attackers. The RSA conference is not a Consumer Electronics Show 
or a Mobile World Congress. If demand for security products is increasing, 
it's because security tools are not doing the job well enough, enterprises 
are not implementing them properly or because hackers are finding new ways 
to breach networks.

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