Chad Walker

Chad Walker

Sr Director of Cyber Risk

Albertsons Companies


Chad has been doing retail cybersecurity for nearly 15 year, in just about every role, including analyst, consultant, hunter, blue team, and BISO. He's sometimes been a change agent and sometimes been the thing that needs to change. In that spirit, he's keenly interested in challenging some of the industry best practices we all know are 100% cursed and trying something new.

Speaking in:

Wednesday Jun 25

10:00am - 10:45am

Third Party Cyber Risk Management: New Tools and Technologies in Retail

Over the past three years, numerous cybersecurity incidents that have affected retail sector companies have been the result of cyber incidents at their vendors and partners – often due to factors beyond the control of the retailers, but with significant consequences to them. Given these expanding third-party cyber risks, retailers and companies in other sectors are looking for new tools and methodologies to assess potential cyber risks from their third-party vendors and partners, both in the procurement process and on an ongoing basis. This session will bring together a panel of retail cybersecurity leaders to discuss these issues and highlight new ways to address these challenges.