Affecting millions of consumers worldwide, a few high-profile retail breaches have called into question the security practices of retailers and those that support the industry. The prevalence of breaches calls for stronger, more effective security measures in a rapidly evolving IT environment.
Total breaches have risen 62 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 2014, with the number of identities stolen tallying up to 553 million – up from 93 million in 2012.
That significant upward trend necessitates a change in how we approach security.
Duo Security is sponsoring a live webcast on SANS that explores:
– New risks presented by cloud, mobile and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
– Protecting data no matter where it lives, whether in the cloud or on-premises
– The business and compliance drivers for strengthening authentication security
The webcast is ideal for security, compliance and risk management officers; IT administrators; and other professionals concerned with information security in the retail industry.
Watch this webcast on Tuesday, October 21 at 3:30 PM EDT (19:30:00 UTC) to learn about the top three threats to retail organizations and how you can defend against them.
Speaker Bios:
Dave Shackleford
Dave Shackleford is the owner and principal consultant of Voodoo Security and is a SANS analyst, senior instructor, and course author. He has consulted with hundreds of organizations in the areas of security, regulatory compliance, and network architecture and engineering, and is a VMware vExpert with extensive experience designing and configuring secure virtualized infrastructures. Dave coauthored the first published course on virtualization security for the SANS Institute. Dave currently serves on the board of directors at the SANS Technology Institute and helps lead the Atlanta chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance.
You can follow Dave on Twitter here: @daveshackleford
Brian Nuszkowski
Brian is a DevOps Engineer at Duo Security. Prior to joining Duo, Brian Nuszkowski was a site reliability engineer at Domino’s Pizza in the eCommerce division. In that role, he worked closely in support of PCI security compliance requirements. He was a recent speaker at Velocity Conference and DevOpsDays.
You can follow Brian on Twitter here: @nuszkowski
Josh Daymont
Joshua Daymont is a security expert and PCI QSA. His industry leadership includes discovering two significant vulnerabilities that led to import CERT advisories during the late 90’s. Josh has spoken at Black Hat Briefings, OWASP, ISSA and more, and has been quoted by media outlets including Information Security Magazine, CNBC and Bloomberg TV.
To register for the webcast, click here
About Duo Security
Duo Security provides cloud-based two-factor authentication to more than 5,000 organizations worldwide, including Facebook, Etsy, Random House, Paramount Pictures, Box, Toyota, Yelp, and Threadless. In as little as fifteen minutes, Duo Security’s innovative and easy-to-use technology can be deployed to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft and account takeover. Try it for free at duosecurity.com.
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