RSAC CEO Easterly would welcome Trump administration back after boycott

Catch up quick: RSAC named Easterly its CEO in January. Shortly after, a CISA spokesperson said the agency would no longer be attending the event "to ensure maximum impact and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars."

• Last year, Trump ally Laura Loomer publicly criticized the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's decision to offer Easterly a teaching job — which was ultimately rescinded.

What they're saying: "I'm excited about, in the coming years, of welcoming back the federal government, because at the end of the day the federal government plays a really important role in helping us to protect global cyberspace," Easterly told Axios at Cyber Council.

• "You have to be in the room to build that trust," she added. "If you don't have that trust, everything else falls apart."

Between the lines: Early estimates suggest that upward of 44,000 attendees are heading to RSAC, Easterly said, and most veteran attendees know that some of the biggest value comes from that convening power.

What to watch: Whether some current government officials will be spotted at unofficial meetings in San Francisco this week.