Securing Your Business: Navigating Cybersecurity Challenges
Friday, April 17, 2020
2:00 p.m. CDT
Join cyber experts from Fishtech Group for an interactive discussion on how non-experts can tackle some of today’s security challenges. How can your company minimize risk, maintain compliance and increase efficiency in an ever-evolving cyber landscape? Join former Global CISO of Wal-Mart and current EVP, COO, CISO of Fishtech Group Kerry Kilker, CTO Dan Thormodsgaard and CCO Chuck Crawford as they discuss current, real-world success stories and best practices designed to educate and illuminate how you and your road warriors can leverage technology without compromising your network security.
Topics include:
- What phishing looks like and how to train your staff to identify and resist a phishing attack
- How ransomware attacks happen and what you can do to prevent it
- Tips for travelers and those working remotely to keep their devices secured
Presenter Bios
Dan Thormodsgaard
Chief Technology Officer
As CTO and co-founder for Fishtech, Dan is a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 enterprise accounts, technology companies and government institutions. He listens, discusses and supports long-term SDN, Cloud and security initiatives for his client organizations. Dan specializes in finding unique solutions to successfully map infrastructure, DevOps and security technology to business objectives.
Dan serves on several advisory boards for leading tech companies providing insight on customer technology needs. Previously VP of Enterprise Architecture with FishNet Security, he is highly experienced running a security practice for a Big Four IT consulting firm, as well as providing leadership at infrastructure and security solution providers.
Chuck Crawford
Chief Customer Officer
Chuck brings 20-plus years of infrastructure and security experience and relevant leadership to Fishtech. His talent for aligning technology to organizational strategy is exceptional.
Previously as VP of Enterprise Architecture for Fishnet Security, he helped build and manage the cloud, data center and virtualization practice. His team bridged the gap between security and next-generation computing environments. As CISO for the University of Kansas, he built the security program for the KU campus, including risk management, compliance, forensic analysis, governance, application and network security. As KU’s Deputy CIO, he oversaw and managed the University’s cable plant, data centers, voice systems, network and servers.
Chuck has led several teams building data centers in public, hybrid and private cloud design, as well as in SDN-enabled research labs and environments.
Kerry Kilker
Chief Information Security Officer
Responsible for Fishtech's security, governance and compliance initiatives, Kerry is a highly respected information security and technology executive with 30-plus years’ industry experience. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Walmart Technology, where he established and operated a world-class cybersecurity program for the world’s largest retail organization.
Previously, Kerry directed the application development for over 250,000 Point of Sale (POS) Store Systems, inventory management, cash reconciliation and sales floor devices in over 7,000 Walmart stores and Sam’s Club facilities globally. His team spearheaded the customer experience transformation with the introduction of self-checkout capabilities in North America. In 2017, he received the Global Chief Information Security Officer Breakaway Leadership Award.