RSAC's Innovation Sandbox is where cybersecurity's next giants are born

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For two decades, the RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest has been the industry's most reliable crystal ball. With over $50.1 billion in investments and more than 100 acquisitions across its alumni, the contest has an extraordinary track record of spotting cybersecurity's future leaders before the rest of the world knows their names.

The contest's track record also offers a story of generational innovation that speaks for itself, says Cecilia Marinier, vice president of innovation and scholars at RSAC.

"We see one founder buying another founder buying another founder," Marinier says. "Think about the amount of accumulated knowledge, and how powerful it is to continue to build on such solid foundations."

It's a pattern that repeats throughout the Sandbox's alumni network. Last year, Donnchadh Casey and James White, CEOs of Calypso AI sold their company to F5, whose current Chief Product Officer is ...