Sean Flynn

Sean Flynn

Sean Flynn is Director of Security Strategy and Technology for Akamai Technologies. Currently he works with companies to ensure Akamai’s Security Vision aligns with and fits industry and customer needs. He also acts as a trainer for web and enterprise security for internal groups.

Sean has over 16 years of IT security experience working for networking and application security vendors. Sean joined Akamai in 2012, implementing Akamai security solutions for companies. He was hands-on, helping protect customers from active attacks by state-sponsored actors, hacktivists, and cyber criminals. He has consulted some of the largest customers in Finance, Commerce, and Healthcare on Akamai solutions, cloud security implementation, and security best practices.

Protecting Your Purchases: Why Retail Will Be the No. 1 Target for Bad Actors

As the pandemic shifted most shopping online, it has brought even more criminal activity with it. For example, retailers have suffered massive volumes of cyberattacks between 2019 and 2020, according to research from Akamai. The report notes while there were millions of cyberattacks overall, the retail industry was hit the hardest, taking the brunt of…