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How Network Detection and Response Can Protect Retailers from Cybercrime

Retail TouchPoints

A robust security posture today requires the proper integration of multiple tools to combat this expanding threat environment. Retailers must adapt and expand their security capabilities to provide the necessary protection. Of course, more points of access mean more vectors for hackers to find their way into networks.

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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. The POS Becomes a Customer Engagement Hub Retailers are taking advantage of the fact that everyone (except browsers and shoplifters) must interact with a POS system at some point during their shopper journey.

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

Retail TouchPoints

To protect themselves, businesses must take proactive measures to secure their operations in an increasingly hostile digital landscape. These groups often infiltrate endpoint devices, including point-of-sale (POS) systems, employee laptops and mobile devices used for customer service.

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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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Barnes & Noble Workers in Illinois, NYC Win Union Contracts

Retail TouchPoints

The Barnes & Noble Union has secured union healthcare coverage, improved safety equipment such as back braces, wrist guards and stools at information desks and the POS, along with improved job and pay security provisions. Employees at a Barnes & Noble store in Bloomington, Ill.

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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.