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Resilience is Key as Payments Acceptance becomes Mission-Critical

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Cards have become by far the most popular payment method, with contactless now accounting for most purchases made at retail stores. Equally, the terminal app should have been designed to support alternative transaction processing flows.

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A Blueprint for Retail Cyber Resilience: Evolving Tactics for Today’s Digital World

Retail TouchPoints

Achieving revenue growth and ensuring strong defenses require decisive decision-making, but history has shown that this can also inadvertently expose businesses to additional risks. To protect themselves, businesses must take proactive measures to secure their operations in an increasingly hostile digital landscape.

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The Real Price of a Data Breach in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

This data, which includes sensitive customer information like credit card details, is stored across a number of environments and is accessible through millions of point-of-sales and IoT devices. In the retail and consumer sectors, the average cost of a security breach was below this average, sitting at $3.91 million last year.

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The Ongoing Battle to Protect Consumer Payment Card Data

Retail TouchPoints

Using our payment card whilst we shop online rarely gives us pause, and the many millions who buy online generally trust the system. However, the recent busy shopping season means it’s a good time to remind ourselves that there is an ongoing battle to make sure that the payment card data of your customers remains secure.

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Don’t Wait Until Black Friday to Protect Your Endpoints

Retail TouchPoints

And with endpoints being more distributed than ever, it makes for an even larger attack surface that retailers must secure to protect their bottom line. leverage automation to streamline workflows such as: patch management, software deployment, endpoint security, remote access control and more. IT teams today can (and should!)

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8 Top Payment Processors

GetElastic

If you’re launching any sort of business you’ve thought about payment processing. With so many choices in the marketplace, the selection process can be a daunting one depending on what works best for your business. How many types of payment are accepted? What is you geographic coverage? Website: paypal.com.

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Retailers Need to Close Active Directory Security Gaps

Retail TouchPoints

The growth of online shopping, self-checkout systems, point-of-sale transactions and other digital processes has created numerous opportunities for attackers. Prioritize AD security gaps caused by misconfigurations and lapses. Finding the gaps in security is, of course, the first step in closing them.