8 Cybersecurity Predictions for Retail in 2019 and Beyond
Managing cybersecurity risks while balancing the appropriate prevention will continue to play a major role throughout all sectors. The need to have advanced response plans to a cyber incident come to...
View ArticleIs Your Data Protected Against These 4 Risks?
According to the 2018 Cost of Data Breach study, the retail industry ranked fifth in frequency of data breaches. Since the dawn of the digital age, we've fought cyber pirates with tools like firewalls,...
View ArticleTaking a Dip into Retail Data Management
As we increasingly turn to data for the insights that drive our decisions, we do so with the assumptions that the data is available to us, we can use it, and—even more importantly—that it is correct....
View ArticleFraud, Trust at Risk in Emerging Fast-Payment Landscape
The growing move to faster payment options for retailers may improve merchants’ cash flow, but increased transaction speed brings along with it the increased potential for fraud according to...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Fights Back Against the Dark Web
Law enforcement recently announced the takedowns of two of the world’s largest dark web drug sites known as Wall Street Market and Valhalla.
View ArticleFaceApp Isn’t the Privacy Threat We Should Worry About
Recently in the news you probably saw, read, or heard something about FaceApp—a mobile application that takes a picture and uses artificial intelligence to change the age, hair color, facial structure,...
View ArticleCyber Security vs. Physical Security: What Do CEOs Care About?
CEOs and corporate Boards of Directors are recognizing that a greater amount of dynamic risk attaches to cyber security-related matters than to physical security issues. However, survey results do not...
View ArticleCapital One, the Latest Major Data Breach. What’s in Your Wallet?
We are all potentially exposed by data breaches and avoiding that exposure is virtually impossible. But be alert, know what to do. and react immediately if you become a potential victim. Here are 12...
View Article5 Biggest Data Breaches of the First Half of 2019 Affect Billions of People
The first six months of 2019 have seen enough data breaches to affect at least a few billion people. The leaked data includes influencers’ phone numbers, security audit logs, student records, banking...
View ArticleWhat is Cryptocurrency and How Does It Work?
Since the bitcoin boom of 2017, more people than ever have become interested in cryptocurrency, going so far as to buy it as a form of investment. But cryptocurrency was not designed to be bought and...
View ArticleInternet and Phone Scams Just Keep on Coming
Frank Abagnale, the author of Catch Me If You Can, has written a new book titled Scam Me If You Can. In his new book, he talks about various scams that people of any age can fall victim. Some scams are...
View ArticleThe Potential Challenges of Cryptocurrency in Retail
It will take time for traditional industries like retail to weigh the benefits and challenges of cryptocurrency. In the end, if retailers want to win over the 7.1 million active bitcoin users, they...
View ArticleCryptocurrency and Asset Protection: Why We Need Regulation
Many online retailers accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment, and even brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants advertise that they accept cryptocurrency. But despite its widespread popularity,...
View ArticleCONTROLTEK Publishes Cryptocurrency Miniseries with LP Magazine
CONTROLTEK, an industry leader in cash logistics, has published a series of articles about cryptocurrency in collaboration with Loss Prevention Magazine.
View ArticleConsumers Want it All: Demand Security with Minimal Friction in their Digital...
A new report reveals that a majority of consumers demand trust, security, and data privacy, and also expect their digital transactions to be fast and frictionless.
View Article7 Cybersecurity Predictions for Retail in 2020 and Beyond
The rapid change in retail is making it increasingly difficult for us to mitigate risk of cyberattacks. We must remain vigilant and take a balanced approach that focuses on prevention and how we...
View ArticleAnother Phish in the Sea: This Time It’s Wawa Hit by Hackers
More than 850 Wawa convenience stores and gas pumps had malware in payment processors that potentially compromised customers’ credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names. What...
View ArticleCyber Security vs. Physical Security: What Do CEOs Care About?
CEOs and corporate Boards of Directors are recognizing that a greater amount of dynamic risk attaches to cyber security-related matters than to physical security issues. However, survey results do not...
View ArticleLoss Prevention Starts with Protecting Data: 3 Ways to Prevent Insider Threats
It’s evident that there is a new battleground for loss prevention. The product exists as bits and bytes, and it won’t be carried out of stores or looted from warehouses. Indeed, the threat is data theft.
View ArticleUnprepared Companies Sending Workers Home Face ‘Nightmare’ Data Risks
Even companies that send employees home with proper safeguards face challenges, but those relying on uncontrolled employee-owned phones, computers, and internet to get work done “are sitting ducks”...
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