Join us for this PayTech Women Omaha-Lincoln Chapter LinkUp!

Cybersecurity in FinTech & Payments:
Staying Ahead of Emerging Threats

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As fintech and payments innovation accelerates, so do the risks.

This session explores the evolving cybersecurity landscape from data breaches to fraud prevention. Attendees will hear recommendations for strategies that leaders need to learn to safeguard systems, customers and reputations.

Come out to learn how companies are staying resilient in the face of growing threats and regulatory pressure.

Note: We’re set to begin at 5:30 PM sharp. We recommend arriving by 5:15 PM to comfortably manage traffic, parking, security checks and your walk to building.
Complimentary parking is provided near the building. A photo ID is required for check-in at the front desk (Fiserv employees are exempt). Afterward, please make your way to the Point (or Fiserv cafeteria).

Why You Should Attend:

• Gain an understanding of the cybersecurity and fraud threats prevalent in the payment space
• Learn personal and professional insights to protect against fraud and scams
  

Speakers:

Nate Aguilar
Director of Security
Metro Credit Union

Information and Physical Security for 20 years.
Passionate about password hygiene, creative criminals, trans-rights and tacos.

Adam Tripp
Senior Security Intelligence Analyst
ACI

Adam Tripp was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Omaha South High School. He joined the United States Army in 1992, serving more than 20 years in military intelligence as a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Collector and Warrant Officer. Throughout his career, Adam deployed three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, where he earned the Bronze Star for his service.

Following his military retirement, Adam continued supporting national security as a China cybersecurity analyst and network defense analyst at U.S. Strategic Command on Offutt Air Force Base.

In 2017, he joined ACI, where he currently serves as a Senior Security Intelligence Analyst. In this role, Adam is responsible for leading ACI’s Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Program and Physical Security Intelligence Program, bringing decades of operational, analytical and leadership experience to protecting the organization’s people, assets and information.

Karen Helmberger
Director of FinTech and Payments
FS-ISAC

Karen Helmberger is FS-ISAC’s Director of FinTech and Payments, focused on building a collaborative payments community and leading fraud prevention efforts through actionable intelligence sharing. She partnered with members to help develop FS-ISAC’s Cyber Fraud Prevention and Phishing Prevention Frameworks in 2024 and founded the Digital Assets Council in April 2024 to provide members with a collaboration platform to address the unique threats and analysis methods associated with cryptocurrency.

Prior to FS-ISAC, Karen spent over 20 years in banking operations, primarily focused on payments, information technology and business resilience. She also worked with financial institutions in the cards arena at a payment processor.

Karen holds certificates in graduate banking, bank technology management and advanced IT forum from the Graduate School of Banking in Wisconsin, as well as a bachelor’s degree in finance and banking from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.