RSAC™ Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation
Burt Kaliski, Ron Rivest, Jim Bidzos
RSA Conference 2025 · Day 1 · West Stage
RSA Conference 2025 honored Dr. Burton Kaliski, Senior Vice President and CTO of Verisign, with its Lifetime Achievement Award for more than four decades of foundational contributions to cryptography. From co-creating the Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) to pioneering post-quantum research, Kaliski's work undergirds the digital privacy infrastructure the world depends on today. In his acceptance, Kaliski distilled a career of discovery into a single word: hope. ---
AI review
This is a proper honor for a man who actually built the plumbing the whole industry runs on — PKCS, Proof of Retrievability, and now post-quantum work. Zero has no complaints about recognizing Burt Kaliski. The ceremony itself is a short, warm send-up that earns its twelve minutes; it is not a keynote you watch for operational insight, but it is one you should know happened.