Despite gaming companies increasing their spending on security in the wake of several high-profile social engineering attacks, as well as a 94% increase in DDoS strikes, as in other industries, it never fails to make much ground in reducing the problem, and the costs of inch up towards 15% of IT budgets. With attacks impacting industry giants from MGM to IGT, how can you beat the hackers? You learn from them… Named one of the ‘World’s 5 most infamous Hackers’ after breaching a nuclear weapons facility, before a career as a CISO and Chief Technologist, this headline session with Greg van der Gaast, best-selling author of ""Rethinking Infosec"" and ""What We Call Security"", looks at how operators and suppliers should move past simply reacting to threats, to transforming security into a proactive, cost-saving powerhouse.

• Inside the mind of the hacker: How to respond before the hack has even occurred to avoid continual firefighting.
• Fortifying the frontline: How a lack of holistic consideration is the single biggest hurdle in practice and the unexpected tools that can support better CISOs.
• Shifting infosec from risk management to quality enhancement: How to create not just better security outcomes, but financial ones too.