Tracy Kitten

Former Director of Global Events Content and Executive Editor, BankInfoSecurity & CUInfoSecurity

Kitten was director of global events content and an executive editor at ISMG. A veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience, she covered the financial sector for over 10 years. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2010, she covered the financial self-service industry as the senior editor of ATMmarketplace, part of Networld Media. Kitten has been a regular speaker at domestic and international conferences, and was the keynote at ATMIA's U.S. and Canadian conferences in 2009. She has been quoted by CNN.com, ABC News, Bankrate.com and MSN Money.

What's Ahead for Trump on Cybersecurity Initiatives?

Tracy Kitten • February 22, 2017

Ari Schwartz, former special assistant to the president and senior director for cybersecurity in the Obama administration, sizes up what cybersecurity actions the Trump administration could take.

The Impact of Trump Administration on Cybersecurity

Tracy Kitten • February 17, 2017

Chris Pierson of Viewpost offers an assessment of the impact the Trump administration could have on cybersecurity in the government and private sectors and sizes up the role of emerging technologies.

Toronto Summit - Closing Panel and Look Ahead

Presented by Tracy Kitten , Richard Parry , Randy Sabett , Robert Schwentker , Michael Theis • September 9, 2016

This panel will review some of the key themes discussed during the first day of the summit, and foreshadow how those key themes and others will be carried over into the next day. Which sessions will be hot, and how will tomorrow's speakers expand on the topics raised today?Additional Summit Insight:Hear from more...

Breaking the Attack Lifecycle

Tracy Kitten • October 19, 2015

Fraudsters break into your network by phishing for access in increasingly sophisticated ways. Anthony Giandomenico of Fortinet describes the importance of tracing every step in the attack lifecycle when devising an effective security strategy.

Webroot CEO on Hiring CyberSec Pros

Tracy Kitten • May 20, 2015

Dick Williams, CEO of digital security firm Webroot, says the cybersecurity profession needs more than just technical experts. Learn why he says firms will seek out those who can understand the behaviors of cyber-attackers.

EMV: Changing U.S. Payments

Tracy Kitten • May 1, 2015

The emergence of the EMV chip in the U.S. is soon going to change the payments game for issuers and merchants. Here, Sophos' Chet Wisniewski describes what bankers should be doing now to prepare.

Balancing Customer Convenience, Security

Tracy Kitten • April 27, 2015

Bank of the West prides itself on being an innovator in customer education about fraud prevention. But customers still don't want to be inconvenienced with arduous security hoops, says bank fraud prevention officer David Pollino.

Cyber-Attacks: The Internal Threat

Tracy Kitten • April 24, 2015

Not all threat intelligence is created equally, says Fortinet's John Maddison. And it's not just external threats organizations should be most concerned about. Why more businesses need to focus on inside-out security.

Why Target Could Owe Banks

Tracy Kitten • April 24, 2015

A class-action suit filed by U.S. banks and credit unions that's pending against Target could prove fruitful for the banks and credit unions, says attorney Chris Pierson, chief security officer at invoicing and payments provider Viewpost.

EMV Push in U.S. Moving Forward

Tracy Kitten • April 23, 2015

Eduardo Perez, Visa's senior vice president of risk services, says the U.S. push for EMV is moving forward, even though a majority of U.S. merchants will not make the October 2015 liability shift date.

Why Info Sharing Is 2015's Hot Topic

Tracy Kitten • April 23, 2015

While financial services have focused attention on information sharing for the past two years, other verticals are just starting to catch up. What are potential legal obstacles? Attorney Joseph Burton offers tips.

Breaches: How to Protect Your Data

Tracy Kitten • April 22, 2015

The threat landscape is constantly changing, and so is the information deemed valuable to hackers. Tom Kellermann of Trend Micro discusses how organizations can improve how they protect data.

Authentication: Going Beyond the User

Tracy Kitten • April 22, 2015

Stronger authentication is just a piece of the fraud-prevention puzzle. Emphasis is now being placed on back-end analytics and monitoring that remove the user from the process, says Bryan Jardine of Easy Solutions.

Cybersecurity: Whose Job Is It?

Tracy Kitten • April 21, 2015

Most organizations are still doing poor jobs of adequately communicating threat information, even within their own organizations. Shawn Henry, President of CrowdStrike, offers strategies for the C-suite.

Information Sharing: A Matter of Trust

Tracy Kitten • April 19, 2015

Attitudes about cyberthreat information sharing, as well as attack attribution, have dramatically changed in the last 18 months, says the FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson, a featured speaker at RSA Conference 2015.