This year's RSA Conferencein San Francisco had a lot of ground to cover.
Cybersecurity, of course.
Fending off ransomware attacks.
Building security best practices into employee training.But, according to CSO's Steve Ragan, the hottest topics at the 2018 conference were this month's looming GDPR deadline and blockchain, blockchain, blockchain.
(In fact, the two are often part of the same conversation.)[ Related: How to protect Windows 10 PCs from ransomware ]Ragan, who attended RSA, spoke withComputerworldExecutive Editor Ken Mingis about what he learned, with a special focus on the May 25 GDPR deadline and what companies are scrambling to do to protect their data.