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Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Today, unfortunately, retailers are again coming back to the spotlight. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q3 2021

IT Governance

As the graph above demonstrates, the other big contributors were the technology and media sector (37 incidents), the education sector (35), retail (18) and professional services (15). Notably, there has been a decline in data breaches and cyber attacks in the retail sector compared to Q2 (18 vs 41).

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E-learning: the effective way to train your team

IT Governance

It is widely acknowledged that the retail and hospitality industries experience high staff turnover: frontline roles are often filled by temporary, young or part-time staff, the hours can be long and unsociable and the work can be physically demanding. Educating your staff can be complex to arrange, time consuming and costly.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Software Luxembourg Yes 3,600,000 National Automobile Dealers Association Source (New) Retail USA Yes 1,065,000 Consórcio Canopus Source (New) Professional services Brazil Yes 1,400,000 The Teaching Company (Wondrium by The Great Courses) Source (New) Education USA Yes 1.3 TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

GB City of Clemson, South Carolina Source New Public USA Yes 21,056 DGX-Dependable Hawaiian Express Source New Professional services USA Yes 20 GB Verdimed Source New Agricultural Spain Yes 19 GB Watchmax Source New Retail UK Yes 15,000 Del-Tron Precision Source New Manufacturing India Yes 8.9 GB Signature Performance, Inc.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q3 2022

IT Governance

The other big contributors were the education sector (39 incidents), technology (33) and retail (25). IT Governance offers a range of resources to help you navigate the threat landscape, including cyber security software, training courses, books and toolkits. Between them, they represent almost 40% of all breaches.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2022

IT Governance

The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (35 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (18) and retail (16). IT Governance offers a range of resources to help you navigate the threat landscape, including cyber security software, training courses, books and toolkits.