NRF PROTECT is the retail industry’s most inclusive, cross-functional event, dedicated to preventing retail loss and fostering meaningful collaboration among professionals in loss prevention, asset protection, cybersecurity, digital fraud or risk management.
Our exclusive special programs are designed to offer deeper insights, unique networking opportunities and hands-on learning. These sessions are critical to keeping your business safe, and that means your time outside the office better be worth it.
Take advantage of this safe, competition-free space to benchmark, exchange ideas and forge powerful alliances with your retail peers.
In partnership with Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates Inc.
Learn from certified forensic interviewers on the principles of an investigative mindset and turning these “data points” into effective interview strategies. Find out how deductive, inductive and abductive reasoning can assist in your investigative plan to turn suspicions into strategies. This workshop will inform investigators on how to incorporate these reasoning methods into effective and non-confrontational investigative interviews.
Event date/time: Monday, June 23, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Open to: Retailers registered with an All-Access Pass. Retailers with an Expo Pass may register for an additional fee of $45.
In Partnership with PwC
Leaders in cybersecurity, fraud prevention and asset protection roles increasingly need to engage with their company’s C-suite leadership and boards of directors to explain their company’s risk profile, discuss priority activities to improve security, and make the case for additional investment to address risks. In this workshop, experts from PwC will provide practical guidance on best practices for security leaders to use in their engagement with C-suite leaders and board members. The workshop will include time for participants to discuss their own experiences and lessons learned.
This program is intended for senior- or mid-level members of cybersecurity, fraud prevention and loss prevention teams. This program is off the record and closed to press.
Event date/time: Monday, June 23, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Open to: Retailers with an All-Access Pass; separate registration required.
Sponsored by: Axis Communications
In partnership with The Chertoff Group
This tabletop exercise is for senior-level retail industry attendees and is built around a scenario where a national company detects and responds to an incident that requires engagement from the company’s cybersecurity and fraud prevention teams, as well as other enterprise business partners. Attendees can participate in this multi-stage exercise and work with peers to coordinate a response around the incident and discuss lessons learned from the scenario.
Event date/time: Monday, June 23, 1:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Open to: Retailers registered with an All-Access Pass or Expo Pass; separate registration required.
Sponsored by: Palo Alto Networks, PDI Technologies
Join an audience of your asset protection peers for engaging conversations on various executive-level topics immediately following the Lunch & Learn. Participants will discuss, share and collaborate on topics related to executive engagement, security risks, corporate protection and more global and enterprise-based physical risks. This program is intended for senior-level members of loss prevention, asset protection and risk management.
Event date/time: Monday, June 23, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Open to: Retailers registered with an All-Access Pass; separate registration required.
Education, networking and community, focused on women working in roles to protect and secure their organizations. Join members of the loss prevention, asset protection, cybersecurity and digital fraud community for an exclusive luncheon.
Event date/time: Wednesday, June 25, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Open to: Female retailers registered with an All-Access Pass; separate registration required.
Sponsored by: Amazon, Verkada
The NRF ORC/Investigators' Network Luncheon provides a great opportunity to meet retail loss prevention professionals, mall security and law enforcement partners, as well as ORCA leaders from across the country. Listen to a keynote presentation involving current ORC trends, engagement and results. Bring your current issues, alerts and BOLOs to discuss and benchmark with your peers. This program is closed to press.
Event date/time: Tuesday, June 24, 12:00 PM – 1: 30PM
Open to: Retailers registered with an All-Access Pass as well as law enforcement professionals.
Sponsored by: Amazon, Ensurity