Evan Gaustad
Sr. Director Theft, Fraud and Abuse Threat Detection
Target Corporation
Evan Gaustad manages the Theft, Fraud, and Abuse Threat Detection organization at Target. His global teams provide engineering, data science, and vision computing solutions to identify and disrupt online and in-store retail crime. He has 20 years of experience in cyber security working in various roles from system security engineering to penetration testing in defense, banking, and retail industries. Evan holds multiple patents for various threat detection technologies. He has a MS in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech, a MS in Information Security Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from St. Thomas University, and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
Speaking in:
Tuesday Jun 24
10:00am - 10:45am
Texas 6
Understanding and Implementing the NRF Retail Fraud Taxonomy
In 2024, NRF released an initial version of its Retail Fraud Taxonomy, developed in partnership with Target, the Retail and Hospitality ISAC, the Chertoff Group, and other retail participants. The taxonomy provides a framework for retailers to assess and categorize retail fraud threats and identify appropriate actions to mitigate them. NRF and an expanded group of partners are currently working to develop version 2.0 of the Taxonomy, which will expand to address return and refund fraud. This session will provide an overview as to how retailers and industry partners can use the taxonomy, and highlight early findings from the development of version 2.0.