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Teletraining: “Cybersecurity and the holiday retail season,” Monday, November 17, 2014, 2PM EST

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Cybersecurity and the holiday retail season

November 17, 2014, 2 PM EST

The holiday shopping season has always been prime season for data breaches. And this year, coming on the heels of a series of high-profile data breaches, promises to be no different. Just in time for the holiday retail season, this SABEW panel will help you break down cybersecurity issues and how to cover them. We’ll look at what retailers are doing to prepare, steps consumers can take to protect themselves, and the outlook for holiday shopping. We’ll also tackle the broader issue of cybersecurity and the range of industries it is impacting. And of course, we’ll be talking story ideas. Whether retail is your beat or you’re a general assignment reporter looking for ideas, this call is for you.

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Moderator:

Michael Riley, cybersecurity reporter, Washington bureau, Bloomberg News. Michael covers cybersecurity for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. Before coming to Bloomberg in 2010, he was a national reporter for the Denver Post for eight years, winning recognition for his reporting on violence-plagued Indian reservations and the global environmental destruction caused by gold mining. Michael has won national journalism awards from many organizations, including the Overseas Press Club, the American Bar Association, Columbia University and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Panelists:

Jim Finkle, cybersecurity reporter, Reuters. Jim works in the Reuters Boston bureau covering cyber security, hacking and technology privacy issues. He’s been with Reuters since 2005. He previously covered technology, media and biotechnology for Broadcasting & Cable, the Orange County Register and Bloomberg News out Tokyo, Taipei, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Ana, California.

Zachary K. Goldman, Executive Director, Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law. Zachary returned to NYU in 2012 after having served for several years in the U.S. government.  He first served as a policy advisor in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, where he was the subject matter expert on terrorist financing in the Arabian Peninsula, and also worked on the development of Iran sanctions policy.  He then served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and has also worked as an Associate in the litigation department of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.  Zachary is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, his Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and his B.A. from Harvard University.

Danny Yadron, cybersecurity reporter, San Francisco bureau, Wall Street Journal. Danny covers cybersecurity from The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. He usually writes about hackers, cybercops and what companies do (and don’t do) to stay safe on the Internet. At the Journal, he also has covered tech policy, a presidential campaign, national politics and the Midwest – his home. Before that, he wrote for McClatchy, the Austin American-Statesman and The Buffalo News.

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