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> the constant attacks against their infrastructure they must defend against (let's be honest, I'm sure Caesars is not defending successfully)

If there's any place in the private sector where I'd expect security (including digital security) to be literally top notch, a casino would be it.

And casinos don't fuck around. If they catch some "uber haxor" laying a finger on their networks, you can bet they'd have him arrested in a heartbeat, regardless of whether he is a conference attendee or not.



You're getting flamed by accounts below but they're largely wrong.

Most casinos rent their gaming equipment from IGT, who directly manage most of these systems. IGT also has a fairly robust security team, having worked with them back when I was still a PM in the space.

Organizations like Caesar's aren't the greatest security wise, but that's largely because they have low margins because they are primarily property holding companies that are operating Casino/Gaming that they rent out from vendors like IGT.

This has been changing after MGM, but I don't think I can discuss it deeply.


Last year was pretty bad for digital security in Vegas


> I'd expect security (including digital security) to be literally top notch

I know why you'd expect that, regardless, you'd be very wrong


Which private sector businesses would you say have top notch security?


Ummm, they did get hacked and held for ransom (paid millions) and lost untold millions more in revenue just recently.




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