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Nordstrom lays off tech workers in bid to ‘remain agile and operate more efficiently’

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle-based retail giant Nordstrom laid off an unspecified number of workers from its technology division last week, citing the need to “operate more efficiently.” Morris comes from Walmart, where he spent more than 16 years and was most recently a vice president of retail technology.

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Apple just fired a leader of the #AppleToo movement

The Verge

Parrish, a program manager on Apple Maps, was terminated for deleting files off of her work devices during an internal investigation — an action Apple categorized as “non-compliance,” according to people familiar with the situation. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Parrish declined to comment for this story.

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This Seattle e-commerce startup didn’t raise any VC money and was just acquired in a nine-figure deal

GeekWire

The 4-year-old company provides advertising and sales tools to online retailers selling products on Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and other marketplaces. Burdick previously worked for a decade at Amazon on the company’s retail merchandising and advertising teams.

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PCI DSS version 4.0: Is your payment card data security program ready?

CIO Business Intelligence

Not surprisingly, the retail industry was also highly targeted. Security and compliance teams can also download the 2023 Payment Security Report insights for information on advanced PCI security program management and design. It is also a high-value target. You can find more information on Verizon’s PCI DSS assessment here.

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

GeekWire

. — After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. She was VP of Retail Technology for 18 months at Starbucks, and previously spent 14 years at Nordstrom where she held various tech-related leadership positions.

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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

GeekWire

The company said it’s shifting its focus to self-serve digital training and training programs run by external partners. AWS also cited overlap in some program management and sales operations roles. “We operate in an incredibly fast-moving industry, and it is important that we stay agile as an organization.”

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PCI compliance: Is your qualified security assessor up to the task?

CIO Business Intelligence

QSAs should bring strong domain expertise to their work and be knowledgeable of the unique security threats faced in specific industries, such as e-commerce, retail and healthcare. Does your QSA provide actionable insights and recommendations, or just a compliance report? CISOs should evaluate the value they are getting from QSAs.

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