RSA Conference Awards
Established in 1998, the RSA Conference Awards are presented to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of individuals and organizations in the field of cryptography, public policy and information security. Congratulations to the Winners of the RSA® Conference 2009 Awards!
Excellence in the Field of Mathematics
The RSA Conference Award for Mathematics recognizes innovation and ongoing contribution to the field of cryptography.
David Chaum
Dr. David Chaum developed a cryptography research group at the Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam. During that time Dr. Chaum founded DigiCash, which pioneered electronic cash innovation. Dr. Chaum’s contributions to cryptography include the invention of two anonymity networks – mix networks, the basis for virtually all modern anonymity networks and DC-Nets, including the invention of partial key techniques and the invention of cryptographic voting. Currently, Chaum heads the Punchscan and Scantegrity projects – open-source, end-to-end auditable voting initiatives based on cryptographic principles. He created the SureVote system to provide secure elections in developing countries just before November 2000 and then adapted it for U.S. elections.
Excellence in the Field of Security Practices
The RSA Conference Award for Excellence in the Field of Security Practices recognizes outstanding achievement in the practice of security within an organization.
Malcolm Harkins
CISO and General Manager of Enterprise Capabilities, Controls, and Compliance, Intel Corporation
Malcolm Harkins is among the first chief information security officer to embrace social media while mitigating its risk. Harkins investigated social media threats and determined the impact to Intel. He then educated employees of potential threats, ensuring they were equipped to deal with the risks associated with social media and architected an environment that used tools and processes to provide additional layers of protection. Harkins also developed a global marketing and communications plan – making security relevant, engaging and effective for all users at Intel. He has made information security a “way of life” for Intel employees by creating a security portal and providing anti-virus software for both personal and professional use.
Excellence in the Field of Public Policy
The RSA Conference Award for Public Policy is designed to recognize significant contribution and leadership in the field of cyber security public policy.
The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency
Commission Director
James Andrew Lewis
Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program,
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Commission Co-Chairs
Representative James R. Langevin
Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Representative Michael T. McCaul
Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber Security and Science and Technology
Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Corporation
Harry D. Raduege, Jr.
Chairman, The Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation, Deloitte & Touche LLP
The CSIS Cybersecurity Commission was formed to provide guidance and recommendations to the 44th president about the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. Commission members produced a detailed report, Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency, released on Capitol Hill on December 8, 2008, which found that cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States and only a comprehensive national security strategy embracing both the domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve the current situation.
The Commission’s work had a significant impact on national and international cyber security policy, including the President’s 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review and numerous federal legislative proposals. The President specifically cited the work of the Commission in his May 29th speech about securing the U.S. national digital infrastructure.
RSA Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Whitefield Diffie
Whitfield Diffie is one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography. Co-authored by Martin Hellman and published in 1976, Diffie’s paper, New Directions in Cryptography, introduced a radically new method of distributing cryptographic keys that contributed to solving key distribution, one of the fundamental problems of cryptography. The article revolutionized not only cryptography but also the cryptographic community and led to the development of a new class of encryption algorithms, the asymmetric key algorithms. Diffie currently serves as Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.
Past RSA® Conference Award Winners
RSA® Conference 2009 Awards
- Neal Koblitz, Professor, University of Washington, and Victor S. Miller, IDA Center for Communications Research, Princeton, for Field of Mathematics
- Keith Mularski, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, for Public Policy
- Robert Lentz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, for Security Practices
- Taher Elgamal, Lifetime Achievement award for his pioneering work in cryptography, digital signatures and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
RSA® Conference 2008 Awards
- Arjen Lenstra, Professor, Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, for Field of Mathematics
- Congressman Jim Langevin, Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District for Public Policy
- Philip Venables, Managing Director and Chief Information Risk Officer, Goldman Sachs & Co., USA for Security Practices
- Thomas E. Noonan, retired general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems, and former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Internet Security Systems (ISS). Lifetime Achievement award for pioneering intrusion detection technologies and his substantial contributions to the growth of the information security industry.
RSA® Conference 2007 Awards
- Jacques Stern, Professeur d'informatique, Directeur du Département d'Informatique, École Normale Supérieure, for Field of Mathematics
- Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, for Public Policy
- State Senator Joe Simitian, California State Senate, for Public Policy
- Jeffrey Bardin, CISSP, CISM, CHS, and NSA IAM, for Security Practices
RSA® Conference 2006 Awards
- Oded Goldreich, Professor of Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, for Field of Mathematics
- Ari Schwartz, Deputy Director, Center for Democracy & Technology, for Public Policy
- Jack Jones, ISSP, CISM, CISA, Chief Information Security Officer, CBCInnovis, for Security Practices
RSA® Conference 2005 Awards
- Dan Boneh, Associate Professor, Stanford University, for Field of Mathematics
- Orson Swindle, Federal Trade Commission, for Public Policy
- Michael Assante, American Electric Power, for Best Security Practices
RSA® Conference 2004 Awards
- Professor Silvio Micali, M.I.T., for Field of Mathematics
- U.S. Senator Robert Bennett, for Public Policy
- Eric Guerrino, Bank of New York, for Best Security Practices
- Jim Bidzos, retiring RSA Conference chairman: special RSA Conference Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing him for his contributions to the information security industry and the RSA Conference
RSA® Conference 2003 Awards
- Dr. Mihir Bellare and Dr. Phillip Rogaway, noted cryptographers and researchers, for Field of Mathematics
- U.S. Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, for Public Policy
- Herman Miller Inc., for Best Security Practices
Microsoft Corporation, for Industry Innovation
RSA® Conference 2002 Awards
- Dr. Don Coppersmith, noted cryptographer and IBM researcher, for Field of Mathematics
- U.S. Congressman Tom Davis, for Public Policy
- Symantec Corp., for Industry
RSA® Conference 2001 Awards
- Dr. Scott Vanstone, noted cryptographer and founder of Certicom Corporation, for Field of Mathematics
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Encryption Standard Committee, for Public Policy
- Gemplus, for Industry
RSA® Conference 2000 Awards
- Ralph Merkle, noted mathematician and cryptographer, for Field of Mathematics
- Ed Gillespie and Jack Quinn, Executive Director and Co-Chairman of Americans for Computer Privacy, for Public Policy
- Check Point Software Technologies, for Industry
RSA® Conference 1999 Awards
- John M. Pollard, noted mathematician, for Field of Mathematics
- John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, for Public Policy
- Compaq Computer's Atalla Division, for Industry
RSA® Conference 1998 Awards
- Shafrira Goldwasser, M.I.T. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Field of Mathematics
- Congressman Bob Goodlatte, for Public Policy
- Netscape Communications, for Industry