BankInfoSecurity Announces Inaugural List of Influencers
Summary
The Top 10 Influencers in Financial InfoSec for 2013 include: -Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters -Jeff Kopchik, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. -Benjamin Lawsky, Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services -Mark Patterson, Co-Owner, PATCO Construction -Bill Nelson, President and CEO, Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center -Bill Demchak, President, PNC Bank -Bob Russo, General Manager, Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council -Security Vendors RSA, Guardian Analytics, McAfee, Check Point, Versafe, Kaspersky Lab, and Akamai Technologies -Keith Gordon, Head of Authentication and Security Strategies, Bank of America -Doug Johnson, Vice President and Senior Adviser of Risk Management Policy, American Bankers Association “Many financial services information security Influencers emerged in 2012, and not all for positive reasons,” writes BankInfoSecurity Managing Editor Tracy Kitten.About ISMG: Information Security Media Group publishes BankInfoSecurity, CUInfoSecurity, GovInfoSecurity, HealthcareInfoSecurity, InfoRiskToday, DataBreachToday and CareersInfoSecurity.BankInfoSecurity’s team of editors made the selections based on interviews and news coverage throughout 2012.The Top 10 Influencers in Financial InfoSec for 2013 include:-Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters-Jeff Kopchik, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-Benjamin Lawsky, Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services-Mark Patterson, Co-Owner, PATCO Construction-Bill Nelson, President and CEO, Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center-Bill Demchak, President, PNC Bank-Bob Russo, General Manager, Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council-Security Vendors RSA, Guardian Analytics, McAfee, Check Point, Versafe, Kaspersky Lab, and Akamai Technologies-Keith Gordon, Head of Authentication and Security Strategies, Bank of America-Doug Johnson, Vice President and Senior Adviser of Risk Management Policy, American Bankers Association“Many financial services information security Influencers emerged in 2012, and not all for positive reasons,” writes BankInfoSecurity Managing Editor Tracy Kitten.“Cyberthreats and attacks reflected new levels of sophistication, and its likely the industry can expect to see more of the same in 2013.”To view the slideshow and read the analysis on the selections, please visit http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/top-10-influencers-in-financial-infosec-a-5387.About ISMG:Information Security Media Group publishes BankInfoSecurity, CUInfoSecurity, GovInfoSecurity, HealthcareInfoSecurity, InfoRiskToday, DataBreachToday and CareersInfoSecurity.Each site is guided by an advisory board of renowned thought-leaders from business, government and education.ISMGs suite of educational webinars offers hands-on training by knowledgeable practitioners and is available to individual and corporate subscribers.ISMGs custom research, including the Healthcare Information Security Today, Faces of Fraud and Cloud Computing Security surveys, is routinely featured at leading industry events, such as RSA Conference and BAI Payments Connect.