Retail & Hospitality ISAC Podcast

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden speaks with Rich Agostino, CISO at Target, to discuss developing a career in cybersecurity, his role leading Target’s cybersecurity group, the convergence of physical and cybersecurity, and some of the cybersecurity tools Target has developed and shared back with the community. Check out Target’s cybersecurity blog t...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden speaks with Alex Douds of S3 to discuss cybersecurity compliance approaches. Then, RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier talks with Diane Brown, CISO at Ulta Beauty, and Debbie McMahon, CISO at Dillards, about their roles in establishing RH-ISAC back in 2014. Finally, Lee Clark gives us the monthly intelligence briefing. 

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden speaks with Josh Donlan of Hackerone to discuss security research, vulnerabilities facing retail and hospitality organizations, and how generative AI is changing vulnerabilities. Then, RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier talks with David McLeod who is currently VP, Information Security Officer at Disney, and previously he...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden speaks with Josh Cigna of Yubico to discuss PCI DSS 4.0, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, and passkeys. Then, RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier talks with Ken Athanasiou who helped to create the RH-ISAC a decade ago. Finally, Lee Clark joins us for the monthly intelligence briefing.

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden speaks with Jason Mar-Tang of Pentera to discuss security validation, why it’s important, and how it can reduce risk. Then RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier talks with Jim Cameli who was a founding board member of the organization.

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, we talk with Piyush Jain of Accenture about the recently released Org Chart Benchmark Report, and continue the 10th-anniversary interview series with Richard Noguera discussing the founding of RH-ISAC. Finally, Lee Clark joins us for the monthly intelligence briefing. 

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Aaron Mog, Forward Deployed CISO at Stairwell, to discuss a new malware sharing initiative. Then RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier chats with Scott Howitt, a founding board member of RH-ISAC, about the parallels in cybersecurity between retail, hospitality, and gaming.

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, we continue the RH-ISAC 10th anniversary interview series with RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier and Michael Daniel, who helped to found the organization back in 2014. In the past decade since then, Michael served in the Obama White House as an advisor on cybersecurity matters and he is now President & CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance. Then, L...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, we kick off the RH-ISAC’s 10th anniversary year with an interview series featuring RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier and the cybersecurity leaders who helped to found the organization in 2014. Then, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Ziv Mador of Trustwave to discuss trending and emerging threats in the retail industry. Finally, we close out...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Paul Suarez, CISO at Casey’s General Stores to discuss his career, the unique challenges facing fuel retailers, and the value of collaboration. Then, Luke talks with Jackie Deloplaine, who oversees RH-ISAC’s working groups, to discuss some of the hot topics in 2023 and what’s planned for 2024.

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Manpreet Kang, security automation engineer at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and RH-ISAC staff, Ian Furr, security integration engineer and JJ Josing, principal threat researcher, to discuss Williams-Sonoma’s adoption of the MISP platform. Manpreet touches upon the pros associated with MISP and how Williams-Sono...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Target team members Ryan Miller, senior director of cyber security and cyber threat intelligence, and Leah Schwartzman, lead cyber security analyst, cyber threat intelligence, to discuss the ever-evolving threat landscape. They’ll provide insight on how retailers can better prepare for the upcoming holid...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden sits down with Marnie Wilking, CISO at Booking.com, to discuss her background in cybersecurity, the global threat landscape, and emerging technology such as AI. Then, Luke is joined by Chip Witt, vice president of product management at SpyCloud, to talk about the state of ransomware and how threat actors are circumve...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Brett Cumming, sr. director of information security at Skechers, to talk about emerging threats, fostering a culture of sharing, and his recent RH-ISAC CISO of the year win. Then, Luke sits down with Jonathan Buckner and Tyler Compton from Aaron’s, Inc. to discuss their project, security control validati...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by David Severski, senior security data scientist at Cyentia Institute, to expand upon the relationship between Associate Member, RiskRecon, and Cyentia and how that connection plays a part with examining top cyber-attack techniques. Then, Alexandra Brown, senior director of operations at RH-ISAC, provides...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Jay Banks, senior information security analyst of IT risk and compliance at Dick’s Sporting Goods, to talk about Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October. They explore the mechanisms Dick’s Sporting Goods employs to advocate for cybersecurity throughout the month. Then, Luke sits down with Christian Beck...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Charles Fedorko, director of IT security at Sage Hospitality Group, to discuss his role, journey leading to his career in cybersecurity, and the current cybersecurity landscape surrounding the hospitality industry. Then, Luke sits down with Ellen Sabin, president of Watering Can Press, to discuss her new...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Blake Sobczak, Synack’s head of communications and README’s editor-in-chief, to discuss the latest news impacting the cybersecurity world. Keep an eye out for Synack at the upcoming RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit. Then, Luke sits down with Natura &Co’s CISO, Jonathan Lloyd White, to expand upon his ba...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Piyush Jain, global managing director of security (retail, consumer goods, life sciences, mobility, and travel) at Accenture, to discuss safeguarding an organization’s security. Then, Luke chats with Suzie Brown, hospitality solutions BISO (Business Information Security Officer) at Sabre Corporation, abo...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by John Scrimsher, chief information security officer (CISO) at Kontoor Brands, Inc., and Marcel Bucsescu, senior director of credentialing and strategic engagement at NACD, to expand upon the NACD Accelerate program. Then Ian Furr, security integration engineer at RH-ISAC, talks about his volunteer work wi...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Shad Taylor, solution architect for retail & hospitality at Fortinet, to expand upon securing the store of the future. Then, Lee Clark, cyber threat intelligence analyst & writer at RH-ISAC, provides the latest intel briefing. Thank you to Fortinet for their sponsorship of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC p...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Dom Lutz, an information security engineer at URBN, to expand upon a personal research project he is working on, homographs in domain spoofing. Then, Luke sits down with Rafia Noor, an information security engineer in the operation technology division at Colgate-Palmolive, to discuss her career path, int...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Ben Vaughn, senior vice president and CISO at Hyatt. During the second part of this interview, Ben reviews Hyatt’s guiding principles and how Hyatt optimizes cyber insurance renewal. Luke also highlights N2K’s new podcast, T-Minus. Then, Lee Clark, cyber threat intelligence analyst & writer at RH-ISAC, p...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Ben Vaughn, senior vice president and CISO at Hyatt. During this two-part interview, Ben discusses diversity in the cybersecurity industry and explains Hyatt guiding principles. The second part of this interview will air during the May 24 episode. Then, Luke is joined by co-host Alicia Malone, senior man...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by Cam Sabatini, senior analyst of information security, planning, and architecture at Abercrombie & Fitch Co., and Kristen Dalton, director of strategic cyber engagement, research, and analytics at RH-ISAC, as they explore cyber risk quantification (CRQ). Then, Kevin Jackson, founder and CEO of Level 6 Cyb...