Burlington, MA – RSA TechFest, July 19— Reflecting the increasing demand for security solutions, services and industry expertise, a record number of technical security professionals are expected to attend RSA® Techfest 2010 July 20-23 and July 27-30 at the Burlington Marriot in Burlington, MA. Hosted by RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), this 14th annual event is expected to attract more than 400 professionals in Sales Engineering, Professional Services and other technical positions from RSA and its Channel Partner organizations.

"RSA TechFest is a worldwide technical training event that allows RSA peers and partners to share best practices on RSA products and services while building critical cross-theater relationships," said Rob Davis, Vice President, Sales Engineering for RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "We're excited to gather once again for this annual event. Our theme this year is 'Raising the Bar,' which reflects our drive for continuous skill improvement in order to exceed the expectations of our customers."

RSA TechFest Programs and Sessions

RSA TechFest 2010 kicks off with a meet and greet where attendees can bring questions to and interact with RSA representatives from a number of different functions including Engineering, Customer Support, RSA's Executive Briefing Center, and the RSA Critical Incident Response Center. The event will also feature more than 50 sessions showcasing use cases, competitive differentiators and business benefits that range from introductory talks to deep dives technology and products.

These sessions include:

• Introduction to the Archer Framework
• Forming the RSA® Authentication Hub
• DLP Proof of Concept Fundamentals and Field Lessons Learned 2010
• RSA enVision® Lessons Learned
• How to Whiteboard an IPV Solution
• The Business Value of VMware® Virtualization

In addition to workshops, the RSA TechFest program will include keynotes from Art Coviello, president, RSA, The Security Division of EMC; Sam Curry, chief technologist, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, Burt Kaliski, senior director, EMC Innovation Network, Mark Thurmond, vice president, Sales, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, and Chris Young, senior vice president, Products, Technologies and Markets, RSA, The Security Division of EMC.

Participants can also register for RSA Xchange, a new online community being developed as part of the EMC Community Network to increase knowledge of security solutions for business through the sharing of best practices, product ideas, and use cases at www.rsa.com/community.

Technical Innovation Challenge

RSA will also be sponsoring the Technical Innovation Challenge, a competition intended to generate and present the best innovative ideas from customer facing technical teams. Past winners of the event have presented an innovative way for distributing soft tokens to BlackBerry® devices that was eventually productized, along with creative ideas for improving customer operations workflows, professional services and customer support.

More information on RSA TechFest is available at www.rsa.com/techfest. Follow us on twitter.com/rsatechfest.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, data loss prevention, encryption & key management, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.