RSA Conference Day 1: The Only Constant Is Change

I am at the RSA Conference 2022 in San Francisco, my first time as a member of the private sector, since retiring from the FBI last year. I attended one of the keynotes on the first day of the conference, in between panels on incident response, security best practices, and collaboration with government. RSA Chief Executive Officer Rohit Ghai's keynote addressed change. As the world adapts once again, the technology industry's experience shaping transformational shifts will determine the next normal. Here are four takeaways from his remarks:

1. Disruption is a Fair but Tough Teacher

Disruptions catalyze transformations. The pandemic triggered a massive acceleration of digital change. Digital disruptions have spilled over into our physical world as we saw with the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and gas shortages. In the Ukraine-Russia conflict, cyber has been a big component with the Ukrainian volunteer hacker army being three times the size of its