Adam Isles

Principal and Head of Cybersecurity

The Chertoff Group

Adam Isles is Principal and Head of Cybersecurity at the Chertoff Group. For more than a decade, Adam has helped clients in financial services, technology, retail, consumer packaged goods and related sectors to build and sustain cybersecurity programs. He also oversees trust and safety engagements for online marketplace companies. Previously, Adam was Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2007-2009. Before joining DHS, Adam served at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he started his career in 1997 and was later promoted to Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division. From 1998-2001, he was secretary of the G8 High-tech Crime Experts Group. Adam is both an attorney and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Speaking in:

Tuesday

June 4

1:30 pm–4:00 pm

Metro One Stage, 104B, Level 1

Cybersecurity and Digital Fraud Tabletop Incident Response Exercise

This exercise is open to senior-level retail sector attendees of NRF PROTECT, including members of the NRF IT Security Council and the NRF Fraud Prevention Professionals Working Group.

If you meet the qualifications, this program can be added to your on-site experience during the registration process.

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Thursday

June 6

9:00 am–9:45 am

Zellman Group Stage, 104 C, Level 1

Lessons from ten years of retail cybersecurity collaboration

In 2014, in the wake of high-profile retail cybersecurity incidents, the National Retail Federation established the IT Security Council as its key forum for cybersecurity leaders from retail companies to work together and learn from each other, in support of efforts to enhance their capabilities to combat cyber threats. In this session, retail security leaders who have played active roles in… Read more