The Retail & Hospitality ISAC Podcast

Join the Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing & Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) as we interview members of the InfoSec community to discuss the latest challenges, opportunities, and best practices unique to cybersecurity in the retail and hospitality industry. Gain insights to improve your cybersecurity program, get inspired by the career journeys of your peers, and learn about RH-ISAC's latest events, reports, and threat intelligence. Join RH-ISAC

Recent Episodes

Ep 50 | 5.15.24

Target’s Philosophy on Sharing & What’s Next for RH-ISAC

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 to learn more. Finally, RH-ISAC President Suzie Squier talks with Luke about the past and future of RH-ISAC, as well as the future of this podcast.

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Ep 49 | 4.24.24

How to approach cybersecurity compliance, the female founders of the RH-ISAC, and the monthly intel briefing

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.

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Ep 48 | 4.10.24

Vulnerabilities Facing Retail and Hospitality Organizations and How Cybersecurity has Changed During the Past Decade.

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 helped establish RH-ISAC back in 2014.

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Ep 47 | 3.27.24

Future-Proofing Authentication, RH-ISAC’s 10th Anniversary, plus the Monthly Intelligence Briefing

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.

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Ep 46 | 3.13.24

Security Validation and the History of RH-ISAC

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.

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Host(s)

Luke Vander Linden is the VP of membership and marketing at the Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC), the cybersecurity sharing and collaboration community for the consumer-facing business sector. In his role at RH-ISAC, Luke is responsible for member growth and engagement and, as part of the leadership team, overall organizational strategy. Luke lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.

Schedule: Biweekly. Wednesdays.

Credits: RH-ISAC Producers are Annie Chambliss and Marisa Troscianecki, Senior Producer is Jennifer Eiben, Theme Song by Elliott Peltzman, Mixing by Tré Hester.

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Creator: Retail & Hospitality ISAC