Rich Agostino

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Target

Rich Agostino is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Target. In this role, he leads Target’s global Cybersecurity team to protect the company, team members, and guests from cybercriminals and fraudsters. Target deploys a proactive threat-driven strategy that leverages advanced in-house experts and capabilities, 24×7 Cyber Fusion Center operations, and innovative custom-developed solutions.

Rich joined Target in 2014 and played a pivotal role in fostering a strong security culture through Target’s technology transformation. Prior to Target, he held executive roles in Information Security at General Electric across a global portfolio of businesses and industries.

Rich is passionate about inspiring and diversifying the next generation of cyber professionals. He’s long been a champion for career development programs both at Target and in the broader security community.

Rich serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Retail & Hospitality ISAC and is a member of the PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors and Google’s CISO Advisory Board.

Rich Agostino's Events

Connecting in Our Disconnected World: How PCI SSC Has Continued Our Global Mission

Date: Tuesday, October 26

Presented by: Troy Leach, Senior Vice President, Engagement Officer, PCI Security Standards Council

Collaborators: Rich Agostino, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Target; Carlos Caetano, Associate Director, LA Region for Brazil, PCI Security Standards Council; Paul Creswick, Security Evangelist, Australian Payments Network; Brandy Cumberland, Director, Program Operations, PCI Security Standards Council; Lindsay Goodspeed, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, PCI Security Standards Council; Yan Liu, Principal Consultant, atsec Information Security; Ralph Poore, Director, Emerging Standards, PCI Security Standards Council; Travis Powell, Director, Training Programs, PCI Security Standards Council; Candice Pressinger, BA Hons, MSc, GDPR Practit., Director Customer Data Security, Elavon; Jim Reavis, Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance; Elizabeth Terry, PMP, CISSP, CBSA, PCIP, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, PCI Security Standards Council; Giles Witherspoon-Boyd, PCI Security Program Manager Principal, Credian and Kandyce Young, Standards Development Manager, Data Security Standards, PCI Security Standards Council

Despite the challenges of remote engagement, our community has been as busy as ever developing standards, education and connecting with one another.  Don’t miss this session where Troy Leach is joined by several of PCI SSC’s active collaborators from all over the world. Hear about new projects set to launch as well as updates on Council and industry efforts already underway and how you can become more involved in this active collaboration to protect payments globally.
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Connecting in Our Disconnected World: How PCI SSC Has Continued Our Global Mission

Date: Wednesday, October 27

Presented by: Troy Leach, Senior Vice President, Engagement Officer, PCI Security Standards Council

Collaborators: Rich Agostino, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Target; Carlos Caetano, Associate Director, LA Region for Brazil, PCI Security Standards Council; Paul Creswick, Security Evangelist, Australian Payments Network; Brandy Cumberland, Director, Program Operations, PCI Security Standards Council; Lindsay Goodspeed, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, PCI Security Standards Council; Yan Liu, Principal Consultant, atsec Information Security; Ralph Poore, Director, Emerging Standards, PCI Security Standards Council; Travis Powell, Director, Training Programs, PCI Security Standards Council; Candice Pressinger, BA Hons, MSc, GDPR Practit., Director Customer Data Security, Elavon; Jim Reavis, Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance; Elizabeth Terry, PMP, CISSP, CBSA, PCIP, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, PCI Security Standards Council; Giles Witherspoon-Boyd, PCI Security Program Manager Principal, Credian and Kandyce Young, Standards Development Manager, Data Security Standards, PCI Security Standards Council

Despite the challenges of remote engagement, our community has been as busy as ever developing standards, education and connecting with one another.  Don’t miss this session where Troy Leach is joined by several of PCI SSC’s active collaborators from all over the world. Hear about new projects set to launch as well as updates on Council and industry efforts already underway and how you can become more involved in this active collaboration to protect payments globally.
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Connecting in Our Disconnected World: How PCI SSC Has Continued Our Global Mission

Date: Thursday, October 28

Presented by: Troy Leach, Senior Vice President, Engagement Officer, PCI Security Standards Council

Collaborators: Rich Agostino, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Target; Carlos Caetano, Associate Director, LA Region for Brazil, PCI Security Standards Council; Paul Creswick, Security Evangelist, Australian Payments Network; Brandy Cumberland, Director, Program Operations, PCI Security Standards Council; Lindsay Goodspeed, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, PCI Security Standards Council; Yan Liu, Principal Consultant, atsec Information Security; Ralph Poore, Director, Emerging Standards, PCI Security Standards Council; Travis Powell, Director, Training Programs, PCI Security Standards Council; Candice Pressinger, BA Hons, MSc, GDPR Practit., Director Customer Data Security, Elavon; Jim Reavis, Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance; Elizabeth Terry, PMP, CISSP, CBSA, PCIP, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, PCI Security Standards Council; Giles Witherspoon-Boyd, PCI Security Program Manager Principal, Credian and Kandyce Young, Standards Development Manager, Data Security Standards, PCI Security Standards Council

Despite the challenges of remote engagement, our community has been as busy as ever developing standards, education and connecting with one another.  Don’t miss this session where Troy Leach is joined by several of PCI SSC’s active collaborators from all over the world. Hear about new projects set to launch as well as updates on Council and industry efforts already underway and how you can become more involved in this active collaboration to protect payments globally.
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