As more consumers give their personal data over to the retailers they buy from, protecting that information is a critical element of maintaining consumer confidence. Unfortunately, a recent report shows that there’s a short supply of public faith in retail cybersecurity....
WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers. As early as March, the hackers...
WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers. As early as March, the hackers...
2014 will long be remembered for a series of mega security breaches and attacks starting with the Target breach in late 2013 and ending with Sony Pictures Entertainment. ...
The government is not typically an institution that inspires consumer confidence, and when it comes to protecting personal data, neither is the retail industry....
Half of the nearly 1000 websites evaluated in the 2015 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll study conducted by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) were found to be failing to protect consumer’s personal data and privacy. Read more....
Most common method of identifying them as advanced threats is a "gut feeling." ...
Chief information officers (CIOs) in the retail sector are under the gun to balance two strategic IT priorities in 2015 — security and digital innovation, according to a new survey by Forrester Research and the National Retail Federation....
It may be over a year since the infamous Target data breach, but the consumer fear sparked by this incident—and those that followed—still resonates with many buyers to this day....