On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the company Booking.com could hold a valid federal trademark in the name “Booking.com” even though the term “booking” is a generic term for making a reservation. The case recognizes that the addition of a domain suffix like .com can transform something generic into something descriptive. The case is…
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? In the wake of allegations that the Customs and Border Patrol was running surveillance drones over protest sites in Minnesota and other places, and that government agencies were collecting cell phone data about those who attended BLM protests, that law enforcement agencies are arresting people based on faulty facial recognition algorithm, or that police are…
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Security professionals rarely start their careers in security. They generally gravitate to the position. Some have short journeys and others take a much longer path. David Levine, the Vice President of Corporate and Information Security & CSO for Ricoh USA, Inc. is one who has taken a serendipitous trip. At this time he is responsible for…
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Host and moderator Joey Johnson, CISO of Premise Health, will be joined by leading healthcare CISOs Hussein Syed of RWJBarnabas Health and Anahi Santiago of ChristianaCare as they discuss the unique challenges they face as they support frontline and remote medical workers as well as the myriad of other personnel and people. As you’ll hear from Joey in this preview, he will talk about how they are facilitating and securing a…
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Join host David Cass* from the Federal Reserve Bank of NY and as he talks to leading CISOs in the lending and mortgage markets, Nikolay Chernavsky of PennyMac and Selim Aissi of Ellie Mae, about their challenges and achievements as they navigate today’s uncharted territories. *(any opinions David Cass expresses are his own and do not…
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Many professions have formal apprentice or internship programs that allow junior employees to learn on the job under the tutelage of an experienced master. CISOs don’t have the luxury of a structured activity but many times they do have the advantage of working for someone who can set an example and provide a path that…
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CISOs are grouped together because of their technical and security skills but each of them takes a unique path to their position. Kirsten Davies, the SVP and CISO at the Estee Lauder Companies, might just have one of the most uncommon journeys if not the longest. In her early years she was interested in music,…
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George LLano has seen much in computing over recent decades. The Chief Information Security Officer at Deluxe Entertainment Services Group of Burbank, Ca. has intimate knowledge of hardware and software and has closely observed the evolving role of CISOs. “It is important to be able to navigate between the business needs and technology to meet…
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Les McCollum is a firm believer in leading by example and he has applied this perspective ever since he taught himself to program on an Apple IIc as a kid. “I have been very intentional about my career and development,” said McCollum. “I learned each vertical within technology to ensure that I understood the technical…
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