Gianni D'Aprile

Gianni D'Aprile

VP, CISO

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.


Gianni has been championing cybersecurity in retail for the last 25 years. He got his start securing ecommerce and fulfillment operations for a dot-com era startup. He is currently leading the cybersecurity team at BJ's Wholesale Club as the CISO. Gianni is an active contributor to the retail and information security communities, where you can often catch him discussing topics like SOC modernization, fraud and third-party risk.

Speaking in:

Wednesday Jun 25

10:00am - 10:45am

Blue Dot Stage

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.