Protecting jetBlue Airways From Cyber Threats in the "Clouds"
07-12, 11:00–11:50 (US/Eastern), Marillac Auditorium

JetBlue Airways is a New York-based airline with flights across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Every day, thousands of crew members come together to safely transport customers across their network. Randy and Greg help protect jetBlue and will showcase how an airline operates from an IT perspective, and all of the ways that jetBlue CyberSecurity protects its customers, ensures safety in data and IT operations, and protects the brand and website from an onslaught of daily web attacks and other threats targeting aviation. This talk will focus on web application attacks and defenses, observability, and aviation intelligence sharing.

Randy Naraine is a cybersecurity architect who also heads security engineering at jetBlue Airways. He has been involved in integration, SOAR, observability, audit, design, and security testing within the airline over the past four years. Prior to jetBlue, he was a network security engineer at J.Crew, and prior to this he was a piano salesman and teacher. He is an avid traveler (73 countries and 50 states) and musician who enjoys learning and dissecting technology to help protect the airline systems in order to keep the planes flying so he can keep exploring.
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Greg Speranza is a cybersecurity engineer for jetBlue Airways, primarily working on the web/application side of the spectrum. Over the past year, he has worked to reduce the amount of account takeovers/credential stuffing attacks by upwards of 50 percent. In addition to this, he has worked with various different technical teams across the organization to implement creative solutions to better protect jetBlue's vital web assets. His dedication to enhancing jetBlue's cybersecurity posture not only enhances the company's defenses against threats, but also ensures a more secure experience for jetBlue's customers and employees.
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