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Toronto, ON-based Hudsons Bay Company Appointed Michael Geraghty as Chief Information Security Officer
About the Company
Hudson`s Bay Company (HBC), founded in 1670, is North America`s longest continually operated company. Today, HBC offers customers an unparalleled range of retailing categories and shopping experiences internationally. In Canada, HBC operates Hudson`s Bay, Canada`s largest department store with 90 full-line locations and one outlet store as well as thebay.com, unsurpassed in its fashion, beauty, home and accessory designers and brands. HBC also operates Home Outfitters, Canada`s largest home specialty superstore with 69 locations across the country. In the United States, HBC operates Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the world`s pre-eminent specialty retailers, renowned for its superlative designer collections and first-rate fashion expertise. Saks Fifth Avenue comprises 41 full-line stores in 22 states, five international licensed stores, saks.com, 72 Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores and saksoff5th.com. HBC also operates Lord and Taylor, a leading department store chain with 49 full-line store locations throughout the northeastern United States, in two major cities in the Midwest and in Boca Raton, Florida, four Lord and Taylor outlet locations and lordandtaylor.com. Hudson`s Bay Company banners provide stylish, quality merchandise with a dedicated focus on service excellence. Hudson`s Bay Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "HBC".
About the Person
Michael Geraghty is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer responsible for the development and execution of the Hudson’s Bay Company`s enterprise information security strategy. He is responsible for providing strategic vision, leadership and oversight to ensure information security initiatives are aligned with the HBC`s business goals and objectives. Responsible for all aspects of information security governance, risk and compliance, as well as the incident response, technical investigations, forensics, e-discovery and security analytics functions. Previously, Mike was a Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. In this capacity he is responsible for the strategic vision and implementation of technologies of the Center’s enterprise information technology systems and services. Mike has previous corporate and law enforcement experience, which includes a position as the vice president of High Technology Investigations at Prudential Financial. At Prudential, he was responsible for carrying out and supervising all computer related investigations for Prudential. He is a former New Jersey State Trooper and is responsible for the formation and development of the NJSP’s High Technology Crimes Investigations Unit, which has garnered international accolades for its expertise in computer crime investigations. He has provided expert testimony before Congress, and throughout federal, state and international courts in the areas of computer crime investigations and computer forensics. In a partnership with Interpol’s General Secretariat and the International Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Mike has provided training to over 1000 law enforcement officers from 125 countries in the technical aspects of Internet investigations. Mike has provided technical and investigative assistance to numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the world including the FBI, United States Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service, Naval Intelligence, New Scotland Yard, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Service and local police departments across the country in a wide array of criminal investigations where computers were involved. He has lectured extensively throughout the country on the topic of computer crime investigations. Mike is a past president of the Northeast Chapter of the High Technology Crimes Investigations Association. In addition, he has been involved in leadership roles in organizations such as the National Strategic Policy Council on Cyber and Electronic Crime, the International Computer Security Association, among others.
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