TRANSACT Program Feature: Data Security in an Age of Change

U.S. vendors are set to spend $1 billion on security software in 2018. With over $6 trillion in transactions and millions of gigabytes of data flowing through the payments ecosystem, it is not hard to see why. Data is valuable, and as recent headlines show, breaches are of great public importance.

Payments technology is becoming more sophisticated and secure than ever, but so too are fraudsters looking to steal consumer data.

The payments technology industry is moving rapidly to deploy new technologies and strategies to protect consumer data and secure each transaction. Artificial intelligence, connected commerce, voice ordering, biometrics authentication and point-to-point encryption have sparked many conversations and questions for the payments industry as it works to secure the new and evolving ecosystem.

At TRANSACT, the world’s largest payments technology trade show happening April 17-19 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, thousands of payments technology leaders will gather to help chart a course for the future of the payments industry. Across the event’s 120+ speakers, six educational tracks and 40+ educational sessions, the role of new technologies in fighting fraud and securing the ecosystem is a major focus.

In the Risk, Fraud and Security Technologies track, sponsored by Forter, we’ll take a deep dive into how innovation is changing data security in the payments industry. Plus, anti-fraud and security advancements will be a major focus in the five other educational tracks, in the keynotes on the show floor. Check out the session titles, speakers and times below:

• AI Reaches New Heights When Combined with Human Intelligence
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 9:00-9:50 am
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Speakers: Michael Reitblat (CEO, Forter)
• Better Payment Security: Debunking Common Technology, sponsored by ControlScan
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 10:00-10:50 am
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Speakers: Jon Pitts (Foregenix, Inc.), Georgia Stravrakis, ETA CPP (Global Payments, Inc.)
  • Moderator: Chris Bucolo (ControlScan)
• Chargebacks
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 11:00-11:50am
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Speakers: Benjamin Grossman (CEO, Pinpoint Payments), Domenico Cirone (EVO Payments International)
  • Moderator: Monica Eaton (Chargebacks911)
• Digital Identity
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 1:00-1:50 pm
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Speakers: Jerome Ajdenbaum (IDEMIA), Mohammed Murad (Iris ID Systems Inc.)
  • Moderator: Jacob Bennet, ETA CPP (National Merchants Association)
• Data Breach
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 2:00-2:50 pm
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Speakers: Larry Brennan (Bank of America Merchant Services), Gary Glover (SecurityMetrics, Inc.), Marc Punzirudu (ControlScan Inc.)
  • Moderator: Don Brooks (Trustwave)
• Round Table
  • When: Tuesday, April 17 – 3:00-3:30 pm
  • Track: Risk, Fraud and Security, sponsored by Forter
  • Moderator: Dan Fritsche (Coalfire)
• Keynote: Driving Secure eCommerce: Market Growth and Consumer Ease
  • When: Wednesday, April 18 – 8:55-9:15 am
  • Speakers: Jessica Turner (Mastercard), Garret Goff (Netflix)
• Mechanics of the PayFac Market
  • When: Wednesday, April 18 – 11:00-11:50 am
  • Track: Payment Facilitator, sponsored by Discover, First Data, NMI and Vantiv, now Worldpay
  • Speakers: Troy Leach (PCI Security Standards Council), Holli Targan (Jaffe Law), Di Thomson (First Data)

For a look at the full TRANSACT schedule, click here.

TRANSACT, April 17-19, 2018, will bring together all parts of the payments ecosystem – from ISOs/VARs to ISVs and large financial institutions to technology companies, to meet, see what’s new, and learn what it takes to grow. Through extensive networking events, education and a robust exhibit hall filled with more than 200 companies, attendees will learn about groundbreaking technology, security trends and policies affecting the industry.

Click here to register for TRANSACT.