Defense in Depth: Securing the Super Bowl and Other Huge Events

How do cybersecurity professionals secure a huge event like the Olympics, the Superbowl, or a city’s New Year’s Eve party? What are the unique considerations that come into play?

Check out this post for the basis for our conversation on this week’s episode which features me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series, co-host Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn, and our guest Tomás Maldonado (@tomas_mald), CISO, NFL

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In this episode

  • Protecting large events starts long before, like years before
  • How threat actors targeting events differ from than those targeting companies
  • It’s not just the target – there’s also public safety
  • When it goes live, it GOES LIVE

Defense in Depth

David Spark
David Spark is the founder of CISO Series where he produces and co-hosts many of the shows. Spark is a veteran tech journalist having appeared in dozens of media outlets for almost three decades.