A company’s success can be heavily defined by the strength of its cybersecurity strategy when responding to and preparing for cyberattacks. Steve Kinman, Zalando’s Group CISO, discusses the company’s cybersecurity approach and how it has overcome security challenges during COVID-19.
As one of Europe’s leading eCommerce companies, Zalando offers fashion and lifestyle products to customers across the region. Having a robust cybersecurity strategy in place is a defining factor to its success and crucial to prosperity. Steve Kinman explains more.
Can you tell us about your role and how it contributes to Zalando’s security efforts?
I am the Group CISO and was hired to change the way we visualise security, the overall strategy, and how we put security operations, product security and baseline controls in place. I cover all of our customer-facing products like Zalando Fashion Store, Zalando Lounge, Zalon, and our Partner Platform product security.
How does Zalando ensure it operates with a strong cybersecurity posture?
In my background, I’ve created everything based on frameworks, so I generally take NIST 800-53 Risk Framework controls and then…
