Iran Conflict Unlikely to Disrupt Israeli Vendor Presence at RSAC

Israeli distributors nonetheless plan to attend RSAC 2026 regardless of the continued Iran conflict, however would possibly lean extra closely on U.S. colleagues to employees the present.

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An RSAC spokesperson stated the affect of the Iran conflict on exhibitor, speaker and attendee attendance plans has up to now been minimal. That is regardless of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport limiting departures beginning Sunday to simply two plane per hour with not more than 70 passengers per flight attributable to continued missile and rocket assaults from Iran and Lebanon, The Instances of Israel reported Friday.

The launch of the U.S.-Israel offensive on Iran Saturday stranded 37,000 vacationers in Israel and 120,000 Israelis overseas because the nation’s airspace remained fully shut from Saturday till Wednesday evening, in accordance with The Instances of Israel. The scenario is analogous within the Persian Gulf, with Dubai and Abu Dhabi working a restricted flight schedule whereas flights to and from Qatar remained suspended on Friday.

Some corporations together with Cato Networks and Test Level presently anticipate that Israeli executives or employees will be capable of journey in two weeks to San Francisco for RSAC 2026, although plans could rely upon journey security or airspace availability. Corporations similar to Allot have been already planning to employees RSAC solely with U.S.-based employees, whereas corporations like Cyera and Silverfort sounded a extra cautious be aware on journey (see: Cyberattacks and Unpredictable Focusing on Stay an Iran Threat).

“We plan to attend RSAC 2026,” Orca Safety co-founder and CEO Gil Geron informed Info Safety Media Group in an electronic mail. “We’re assured that our Israeli crew will be capable of attend, as they’re extremely motivated to take part. They’ve proven nice resilience over the past 2.5 years and proceed to assist each other to make sure our prospects and enterprise are absolutely supported.”

Will Executives, Staff From Israel Journey to RSAC?

A plurality of Orca’s 500 staff are based mostly in Israel, in accordance with IT-Harvest, although Geron relies in New York and Chief Income Officer Raf Chiodo works from Philadelphia. Safety corporations based in Israel typically relocate their headquarters to the U.S. – which Orca did – as soon as they’ve a vital mass of paying prospects, although R&D capabilities typically stay in Israel because of the very certified technical expertise.

“No matter when the conflict ends, Allot continues to be planning to ship delegates to RSAC 2026,” an Allot spokesperson informed ISMG in an electronic mail. “From the beginning, our plan was to ship delegates who reside within the U.S. to RSAC 2026. We, due to this fact, don’t plan to ship personnel from Israel to the occasion. At this level, Allot has no plans to change its presence at RSAC 2026.”

Simply 8% of Allot’s practically 900 staff are based mostly in the USA, in accordance with IT-Harvest, with 20% of the community safety and intelligence vendor’s workforce positioned in India and many of the remaining 72% based mostly in Israel. Cyber corporations based in Israel have a tendency to pay attention their gross sales and advertising and marketing staff in the USA because it’s the biggest marketplace for shopping for safety know-how.

“Our sales space is staffed by members from our U.S. gross sales and advertising and marketing groups,” a Radware spokesperson informed ISMG in an electronic mail. “Different members of administration who’re based mostly within the U.S. will likely be in attendance as properly. From Israel, we plan to have CEO Roy Zisapel and CTO David Aviv. David is presently exterior Israel proper now.”

Almost half of Radware’s 1,208 staff have been based mostly in Israel as of Dec. 31, 2024, making it the nation with essentially the most Radware employees, in accordance with regulatory filings. That is much like Test Level Software program, which additionally has its largest base of staff in Israel with 2,874 of the corporate’s 6,669 employees positioned there as of Dec. 31, 2024. Many Test Level executives – together with CEO Nadav Zafrir – additionally dwell in Israel.

“We’ve a really huge plan for RSA and we plan to execute it as such, initially deliberate by U.S.-based groups and a few of us from Israel,” a Test Level spokesperson informed ISMG. “We aren’t depending on the Israeli crew, however we do plan to ship them out to RSA and there will likely be methods to make sure this by then. Generally, issues will likely be executed as deliberate.”

Israeli Distributors Plans to Lean on US Workers for RSAC Protection

That is much like the message from Cato Networks, which stated executives from Israel will attend RSAC 2026 and that the Tel Aviv, Israel-based SASE supplier will not be adjusting or modifying its presence on the present. Roughly two-thirds of Cato’s greater than 1,550 staff are based mostly in Israel, in accordance with IT-Harvest, with the USA a distant second with the 24% of the corporate’s staff.

“Cyera will definitely nonetheless be in attendance at RSA this yr!” a Cyera spokesperson informed ISMG. “A lot of the Israel crew’s attendance will rely upon air area and security to journey, however regardless, we’ll have a sturdy crew presence on the bottom from our world places of work. We’ll be keeping track of the scenario as issues progress and can work with our particular person groups on what’s finest for them.”

Greater than half of Cyera’s practically 1,300-person workforce relies in the USA, in accordance with IT-Harvest, whereas Israel has the second most Cyera staff. Pentera relies within the U.S., although Israel stays its largest nation by headcount. A Pentera spokesperson stated its RSAC presence will likely be staffed primarily by U.S.-based crew members, with plans continuing as scheduled for workers from elsewhere.

“Sure, Silverfort presently plans to attend RSAC,” a Silverfort spokesperson informed ISMG. “As we get nearer to the occasion, we’ll reassess the scenario and make any changes wanted to make sure our team-s well-being. As a world firm, we proceed working as normal whereas additionally offering our Israeli crew members the area and suppleness they should assist their households throughout this time.”

Greater than half of Silverfort’s practically 600-person workforce relies in Israel, in accordance with IT-Harvest, with the U.S. a distant second with lower than a 3rd of Silverfort staff.