Dark Watch Presents:
The State of Cybersecurity & Cybercrime
Moderated by Darren Withers, Casino Consultant, NV Strategies
Description
Casino-resorts and hotels are prime targets for ransomware, brute force attacks, and human trafficking. Recent threats to both commercial casino-resort operators, tribal casino-resort operators, and hoteliers are plaguing the 2020’s. New cybercrimes that are targeted at hotels and casino-resorts include human trafficking, which takes advantage of hotel room digital keys and vulnerabilities within the hotel technology stack to conceal their operations. These issues weaken loyalty relationships with guests and tribal sovereignty for our tribal operators. With new technologies like AI driving exciting changes and introducing new vulnerabilities, cybersecurity risk management remains an understated priority for most organizations. PCI compliance, SOC II certification, Pen testing, monitoring, endpoint protection, and rigorous security policies are the resort industry’s biggest assets. Our speakers, Toni Pepper, Executive Director, Tribal-ISAC; David Tyburski, VP of Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer for Wynn Resorts; Brandon Jones, Vice President, Department of Public Safety at Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation & Yaamava’ Resort & Casino; and Noel Thomas, Founder & CEO of Dark Watch, will walk us through today’s and tomorrow’s threats and how casino resorts need to be focused on digital resilience.
Guest Speakers
Toni Pepper, Executive Director, Tribal-ISAC
David Tyburski, VP of Information Security and Global Deputy CISO, Wynn Resorts
Brandon Jones, Vice President, Department of Public Safety, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation & Yaamava’ Resort & Casino
Noel Thomas, Patented Inventor, Security Futurist
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