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Retailers Face Many Challenges, Data Security Doesn’t Have to be One of the Them

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Retailers and shoppers are leveraging and enjoying many benefits data sharing brings: loyalty programs, personalized experiences, easier product location and ordering, online shopping, mobile access and the list goes on. Unfortunately, this results in retailers as a top target for cyberattacks. Business is booming and data is flowing.

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Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

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As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. senior retail IT security managers and 96 IT security managers from retailers across the globe. Nearly 95 percent of U.S.

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Imagine a world where the retail value of your car actually grows over time – that’s now becoming a reality. The same rings true for encryption and authentication. Asymmetric encryption may require too much processing power for certain devices, making symmetric keys the only option.

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QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

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This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor. Inside Egregor.

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Priming the payments ecosystem for explosive growth

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This week marks the return of Amazon Prime Day – Amazon’s seasonal retail event which has fast become a masterclass in driving demand and growth through great customer experience. In fact, last year’s event was touted as ‘the biggest shopping event in history’ , with over 100 million products sold.

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The Future of Payments? Frictionless.

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With an estimated $500 billion retail market spend per year, what’s next for the payments industry as a whole. Consumers today live in the world of Amazon and online shopping and the need for effortless speed is ever-growing thanks to the retail giant. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity. Frictionless.

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‘Tis the season for proliferating payment options…and risk

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It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us with both the biggest online and offline shopping events just around the corner. This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In 2016, 108.5 Happy (and safe!)

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