Steve Winterfeld

Steve Winterfeld

Steve Winterfeld is the Senior Director of Security Strategy at Akamai Technologies, a globally distributed intelligent edge platform.

Before joining Akamai, he spent over 10 years building security programs to protect companies and their customers as Director of Incident Response and Threat Intelligence at Charles Schwab, Director of Cybersecurity for Nordstrom and CISO for Nordstrom bank and supporting national defense efforts at Northrop Grumman/TASC. Now he is focused on being the voice of the customer for Akamai’s security vision and helping CISOs solve their most pressing issues.

What to Expect From Cyber Criminals This Holiday Season

The “cyber five” (the five-day period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) kicks off the annual stress test of everything retailers have done to make the customer’s online shopping experience awesome. Along with the customers, however, comes criminals trying to hide in the high volume and take advantage of the fact that the network is in…