 On Thursday March 19 in Washington D.C., ICSB President Dr. Charles Matthews and 2008 Dell Global Small Business Excellence Award winner Heather Gorringe of Wiggly Wigglers were featured panelists at the Visa Global Security Summit – “Securing the Future of Payments.” The VISA Security Summit, presented in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, was a unique gathering that covered a broad range of topical issues related to cardholder security and protection.
Top Visa and financial institution executives, merchant representatives, policy makers, academics, Members of Congress and law enforcement officials came together to discuss the importance of data security and the cooperative effort to reduce payment card fraud. The executive panels covered a broad range of issues while directly addressing Payment Security Innovations, Payment Security: The State of Global Business Readiness, and Data Compromises. You may view the complete Summit webcast at http://www.visasecuritysummit.com/. Select Webcast on the toolbar, then enter your name and email to gain FREE access!
 Dr. Matthews was one of four featured panelists for Small Business: The New Target of Data Thieves. The panel discussed the impact of security challenges on small businesses, explored the emerging trend of small business as a target, and shed light on what must be done to combat this growing problem. To view this panel session, please visit ICSB TV!
Joining Dr. Matthews on the panel were (pictured left to right) Merrill Phelan, Manager of Information Systems and Programming for the Washington Metro Airport Authority; Chris Gray, Director of Innovation Policy for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ontario, Canada; and Paul Cook, Managing Director of Barclaycard Payment Acceptance and Board Director for Barclaycard. The moderator of the panel was Steven Salter, Vice President of BBBOnline and the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
 Heather Gorringe of Wiggly Wigglers (U.K.) (pictured left), the 2008 Dell Global Small Business Excellence Award Winner, was a panelist for E-commerce. This panel examined the unique and ongoing challenges of conducting e-commerce transactions in a faceless and cardless internet transaction. The panelists also weighed in on the new risk-based techniques, policies and processes that the private and public sector are currently exploring to ensure the continued growth of global e-commerce.
E-commerce panelists included Orson Swindle, Senior Policy Advisor and Chair of Security Initiatives for the Center for Information Policy Leadership; James Andrew Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Kristin Lovejoy, Director of Corporate Security at IBM; and Mauricio Icaza, Director of Operations at Bradesco Cards, Brazil. The panel was moderated by David Hogan, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the National Retail Federation. To view this panel session, please visit ICSB TV!
Visa's Security Summits have become the premier event focused on payment security. Previous Summits, held in 2005 and 2007, brought together hundreds of businesses, government and academic experts. Attendees have given both conferences high ratings in the quality of speakers and panelists and relevance of topics. The 2005 Summit featured a keynote address by former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, and the 2007 Summit keynote address was given by Meg Whitman, then CEO of eBay. For more information on the 2005 and 2007 Visa Security Summits, click here.  Other conference topics at the 2009 Visa Global Security Summit included:
- Innovations in Payment Security
Data thieves are increasingly sophisticated in targeting card information – both stored and in motion and the impact affects all payment system stakeholders. This panel explored what the industry must do to reduce the storage of data including compliance with the PCI DSS, but also how to make data unusable to the criminals through innovations such as authentication and encryption.
- Payment Security: The State of Global Business Readiness; Presented byThe Economist Intelligence Unit
Are global companies ready for the security challenges and opportunities presented by the increase in electronic payments? The Economist unveiled a new global study of the world's executives that will explore how the C-Suite prioritizes payment security and the level of their preparedness. The panel discussion will be the culmination of executive roundtables held in Russia, Singapore, Brazil and Mexico.
- Meet the Experts on Cyber-Crimes and Computer Intrusions
To solve a problem, one must first understand it. This panel of former data hackers and the law enforcement professionals who track them provided a rare glimpse into the mind and motives of today's data thieves. The panel explored the latest hacker techniques and the ongoing race for law enforcement and the industry to keep pace.
- David DeWalt, Chief Executive Officer and President of McAfee, Inc. presented the keynote address.
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