The 14th annual RSA Conference is billed as the largest and most comprehensive annual trade show in the world for information security professionals. From the initial keynote kick-off by Microsoft's Bill Gates, the event's attendee list reads like a Who's Who of the IT industry.

This year's show is held in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center between February 14 and 18. According to its organisers, 10,000 attendees are expected, together with over 250 exhibitors.

vnunet.com's team of journalists will be attending all the key panel debates, security workshops and keynote speeches throughout the week-long event and bringing our readers the breaking news and analysis as it happens.