Agenda
Presentations already confirmed include:
►First 90 days of a retail CISO
Zibby Kwecka, CISO, Arnold Clark
- How to select the right leader of the security function for your retail organisation – Should a CISO come from a technical background, legal, or a Big4 consultancy?
- Key skills to become a CISO the board will love / What to expect of a CISO in the first 90 days?
- What does it mean to have a strategy?
►Navigating Cybersecurity Partnerships: A Guide for Retail Businesses
Anil Kumar, Head of IT Security & Risk Function, Homebase
- The Art of Selection: Key Considerations in Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Partner
- Crafting an Effective RFP: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
- Negotiating Success: Strategies for Securing the Ideal Partnership Deal
- Third-Party Vendor Assessment: Unveiling Insights and Mitigating Risks
- Setting the Standard: Establishing Clear Expectations with Your Chosen Cybersecurity Partner
►Fireside chat: a CISOs view
Simon Brady, Managing Editor & Event Chairman, AKJ Associates (Moderator)
Angus Alderman, Information Security Officer, Boden
- What are your biggest challenges in the day-to-day battle of protecting your customers and organisation and do you think the retail industry has become a bigger target more recently? What threats worry you the most?
- Security versus resilience: aligning security priorities with organizational objectives. How do you prioritize and do you feel supported and heard when airing concerns?
- To what extent are you embracing AI in Boden and are you seeing the benefits it can offer? How are you developing responsible, user-centred principles to balance opportunity and risk?
- With human centric security top of the agenda how do you aim to achieve a robust security culture throughout the organisation?
►Function, friction and security (FFS) - the fraudsters keep evolving: from automation to big data and why its a full team effort
Nick Harris, Interim CISO, Holland & Barrett
Puneet Ahuja, Cyber Analytics & Information Risk Manager, Holland & Barrett
- Top themes of online fraud and how its changing: use cases, trends etc. Inside the criminal's mind
- Why Cyber Security is primed to lead a business wide effort: the ultimate horizontal, already use big data (SIEM), has engineering skills to tie the data together
- Team effort from across store loss prevention, to payment squad, to PaaS, to Cyber IR, to Risk, automation, customer auth, customer journey. It needs everyone.
►Securing Retail Operations in High risk Jurisdictions
Ashish Khanna, Security & Digital Transformation Leader, Sharaf Group
- Navigating complex threat environments and risk scenarios in high-risk jurisdictions
- Crafting a unique response
- Identifying high-risk jurisdictions and inventory critical assets
- Identifying vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and identifying the security controls necessary to mitigate those risks