RSA Conference 2026

What this countdown tracks

The clock above counts down to RSA Conference 2026, the world's largest cybersecurity conference, scheduled for March 23-26, 2026 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The opening keynotes anchor the morning of March 23 at 09:00 PT.

About this event

RSA Conference (RSAC) is the calendar moment for the global cybersecurity industry. It draws 40,000+ in-person attendees, 600+ exhibitors, and 700+ sessions across four days at Moscone, spanning enterprise security, identity, cloud, AI, application security, network defence, threat intelligence, post-quantum cryptography, and emerging research. CISOs, security architects, vendors, and government officials use RSAC as the year's primary deal-making and roadmap-setting venue.

The 2026 edition lands with AI security front-and-centre: securing AI agents, defending against prompt injection at scale, AI-driven attacks, and the migration timeline for post-quantum cryptography. Expect deep coverage of identity, zero trust, cloud security posture management, and the emerging discipline of agent governance.

What to expect

The opening keynotes typically include the RSA Conference programme committee, leaders from the major security vendors (Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Microsoft Security, Google Cloud Security), and government voices (NSA, CISA, NCSC). The Innovation Sandbox spotlights the year's most promising security startups.

Expect heavy programming on AI red-teaming, agent security, post-quantum migration timelines, identity and credential security, and SOC modernisation. The expo floor is the largest dedicated security trade show on the calendar.

Past editions

• RSAC 2025 (April 2025, San Francisco) centred on AI agent security, post-quantum migration timelines, and the Innovation Sandbox spotlight on AI red-teaming startups.
• RSAC 2024 highlighted the security implications of generative AI and major identity / non-human identity emphasis.
• RSAC 2023 marked the conference's full return to pre-pandemic scale with strong cloud-security programming.
• RSAC has been held annually since 1991, primarily in San Francisco.

How to watch

Selected keynotes stream free on rsaconference.com and the RSAC YouTube channel. Most sessions require an in-person or full-conference pass. The opening keynotes typically begin at 09:00 PT on March 23, 2026, which is 12:00 ET, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET, 21:30 IST, and 01:00 JST on March 24. Session recordings publish for registered attendees afterward.

Related countdowns

RSA Conference sits in the security calendar alongside Microsoft Ignite 2026 and shares the spring tech window with NVIDIA GTC 2026, Google Cloud Next 2026, and Adobe Summit 2026.

FAQ

When does RSA Conference 2026 start? Monday, March 23, 2026 at 09:00 PT, with the conference running through March 26. Where is RSA Conference 2026? Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. How can I watch RSA Conference 2026? Selected keynotes stream on rsaconference.com and the RSAC YouTube channel; full access requires registration. What is the focus of RSAC 2026? AI security, agent governance, post-quantum cryptography, identity, and cloud security.