Startups in the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox competed for the title of "Most Innovative."

"What did you see that was really innovative?"

That's the question everyone who goes to a trade show hears on returning to the office. At the RSA Conference this month, one answer to the question comes in the annual Innovation Sandbox Contest. The ten finalists this year ranged from cloud offerings to RF security to software connectors, and each presented its unique vision of what companies most need to be secure.

At the end of the presentation, a panel of judges chose the most innovative, and at the end of the article you can see which company took home the trophy.

One thing that's worth noting is that the security industry is similar to the rest of the computer industry in that acquisition is a chief business model for those starting companies. Of the ten companies participating in the contest, two have already been acquired by other firms — and that number could change by the time you read this.

Here are the 10 young companies that vied for the title of "Most Innovative" in 2018 at RSAC - and a look at the one that came away with the title.

 

About the Author(s)

Curtis Franklin, Principal Analyst, Omdia

Curtis Franklin Jr. is Principal Analyst at Omdia, focusing on enterprise security management. Previously, he was senior editor of Dark Reading, editor of Light Reading's Security Now, and executive editor, technology, at InformationWeek, where he was also executive producer of InformationWeek's online radio and podcast episodes

Curtis has been writing about technologies and products in computing and networking since the early 1980s. He has been on staff and contributed to technology-industry publications including BYTE, ComputerWorld, CEO, Enterprise Efficiency, ChannelWeb, Network Computing, InfoWorld, PCWorld, Dark Reading, and ITWorld.com on subjects ranging from mobile enterprise computing to enterprise security and wireless networking.

Curtis is the author of thousands of articles, the co-author of five books, and has been a frequent speaker at computer and networking industry conferences across North America and Europe. His most recent books, Cloud Computing: Technologies and Strategies of the Ubiquitous Data Center, and Securing the Cloud: Security Strategies for the Ubiquitous Data Center, with co-author Brian Chee, are published by Taylor and Francis.

When he's not writing, Curtis is a painter, photographer, cook, and multi-instrumentalist musician. He is active in running, amateur radio (KG4GWA), the MakerFX maker space in Orlando, FL, and is a certified Florida Master Naturalist.

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