Security @ Scale: Building Trust, Starting with Cybersecurity – Rob Duhart Jr – CSP #126
10,500 storefronts. 2.3 million associates worldwide. $572.8 billion in revenue. Today’s cybersecurity landscape is complex, as attacks can deliver disruption in the blink of an eye. The focus of Walmart’s Information Security team is to secure our operating environment in the service of building and maintaining trust with our customers, associates and stakeholders. To perform at the necessary scale, it takes a village of intelligent associates, a reliance on technologies like automation and a vigilant mindset to stay ahead of adversarial threats.
Guest
Rob Duhart serves as Vice President, Deputy CISO at Walmart, leading the security services team which is focused on empowering the information security organization to maintain trust and enable the business. Rob joined Walmart from Google, where he led teams responsible for building security, privacy, and content safety programs and capabilities across every Google product area. Rob also led security architecture, operations, and engineering teams at Cardinal Health and Ford Motor Company prior to Google. Prior to industry, Rob served as a security leader at the United States Intelligence Community and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for almost a decade. Rob enjoys cheering on the Tennessee Vols, collecting vinyl records, and perfecting the art of smoking brisket (WIP).
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Todd Fitzgerald has built information Fortune 500/large company security programs for 20 years. Todd serves as VP, Cybersecurity Strategy and Chairman of the Cybersecurity Collaborative Executive Committee, was named 2016–17 Chicago CISO of the Year, ranked Top 50 Information Security Executive, authored 4 books including #1 Best Selling and 2020 CANON Hall of Fame Winner CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers (2019), ground-breaking CISO Leadership: Essential Principles for Success, as well as contributions to a dozen others. Todd held senior leadership positions at Northern Trust, Grant Thornton International, Ltd, ManpowerGroup, WellPoint (Anthem) Blue Cross Blue Shield/ National Government Services, Zeneca/Syngenta, IMS Health and American Airlines.
