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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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Sports retail giant Decathlon leaks 123 million customer and employee records

IT Governance

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. It contained information from the retailer’s Spanish businesses and potentially its UK stores. Avoid basic errors with staff awareness training.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. and mobile carriers: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Mainframes, Freight Trains and Education Pains

Rocket Software

You use a freight train. I’ve seen what those “why are we doing this” folks, who now are in middle and upper management, have done trying to make pickup trucks do what trains were made for. Programmers should influence our educational institutions. You’re tapping into the vein of what those forward-thinking educators want.

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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Do not store passwords, usernames, or other information for easy login on mobile device applications. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

My reporting trip included meetings with Michigan-based cybersecurity vendors pursuing leading-edge innovations, as well as a tour of a number of thriving public-private cybersecurity incubator and training programs. Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. It was the latter that jumped out at me.

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Solid Data Security: The Foundation of a Safe Digital World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. The Human Element: Educating and Empowering Employees But really, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is about the human element of security.