Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% trillion and $5.28

Retail 71

Retail Security Data breaches Compliance 71

CGI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The race for corporate banks to catch up with their retail peers. Corporate and transaction banks (CTBs) face the challenge of delivering services equivalent to those offered by their retail bank peers. Corporates, particularly large corporates, have not experienced the benefits of this evolution in retail banking.

Retail 68

Retail Marketing Consumer Services Access 68

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

“Marketing and digital strategy roles drive top line revenue for firms—the latter is particularly important in retail and banking businesses as so much commerce moves online,” Conroy said. “Some companies are even moving the cybersecurity function to report up through the CFO,” Knight said.

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Security Marketing Cybersecurity Data breaches 251

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. What I’d originally planned to write about was a topic that directly applies – why retailers of all stripes are not investing in data security. But none of these reasons rose to the top in retail.

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Retail Data breaches Encryption Mining 66

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Other campaigns observed by the experts invited recipients to claim gift cards from popular retailers like Home Depot. In this case, the spam messages include links to fake online survey pages that have nothing to do with the retailer’s gift card.

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Retail Sales Phishing Passwords 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The sophisticated phishing campaign exploits the reputation of international brands and targets businesses in multiple industries, including retail, banking, travel, and energy. “The landing domain redirects users to a main survey domain.” The site can require up to three taps for a “win,” a high-value gift card.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Organisations, including retailers, may collect biometric information via CCTV for a variety of reasons, including to build profiles of the individuals entering their stores, identify returning shoppers or to identify specific individuals that have previously been removed from their premises. The OAIC’s full statement is available here.

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Retail Privacy Customer Experience Compliance 98

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

A recent survey of more than 1,000 senior execs and IT professionals, called the AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, showed a high level of awareness among SMB officials that a cyberattack represents a potentially devastating operational risk. These stark realities are beginning to sink in.

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Risk Cybersecurity Passwords Ransomware 182

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

More than 83 percent of organizations responding to a recent survey reported making new or improved organizational security enhancements. The retail industry is cyclical, so certain times of the year — including the holiday season or when kids go back to school — are particularly busy. happened at retail establishments.

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Retail Cybersecurity Data breaches Risk 111

Collibra

APRIL 11, 2023

Retail is a dynamic and competitive market. In addition to the traditional brick-and mortar-stores, the retail business today includes online and mobile stores. The right kind of data can drive great innovations in retail. This blog outlines what bad data means and how you can stop it from hurting your retail business.

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Retail Marketing Compliance Sales 97

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. The executive (and the retailer generally) is the data controller, and the company conducting the survey is the data processor. Sounds simple enough.

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GDPR Retail Data collection Personal data 99

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A BBB survey conducted in August found that the majority of these scammed consumers made purchases for which they never received products. “Of Don’t click that link… According to the BBB survey, emails wasn’t the most common way scammers pilfered people’s pockets, but it does still happen. On top of that, 80.5%

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Passwords Retail Insurance Security 95

Collibra

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Dresner surveyed nearly 800 business intelligence (BI) professionals to examine customer preferences, customer investment and vendor performance in the data catalog space. 47% of Dresner’s survey respondents indicated that they have difficulty accessing data, but simply locating data is only part of the challenge.

Marketing 49

Marketing Analytics Government Financial Services 49

CGI

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The challenge ahead for water retailers. Before we all breathe a collective sigh of relief, let’s take a quick look at other markets to get a glimpse of what my lay in store for retailers in this market. To increase margins retailers are increasingly looking to digital transformation. premanath.puch…. Thu, 12/07/2017 - 15:43.

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Retail Energy and Utilities Marketing Digital transformation 40

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services. Users received a link from friends, via social media or in messengers with the request to take part in a competition, a promotional offer or a survey. On average, users visited 40,000 fraudulent websites every day.

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Phishing Retail Insurance Risk 138

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Online surveys designed to steal personal information. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Post on social media posts, apparently shared by a known friend, offering vouchers, gift cards, freebies, and contests. Only purchase items from official, encryption-using websites.

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e-Delivery Passwords Retail Phishing 145

CGI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

‘People are strange, when you’re a stranger’: A retail bank view into artificial intelligence. For the past five years, CGI has surveyed retail bank customers to identify what they want from banks, how they view alternative providers, and opportunities for further bank investment to provide banks with a view into the year ahead.

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Artificial Intelligence Retail Customer Experience Marketing 45

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

Some 27 percent of IT professionals who partook in a survey conducted by next-gen firewall supplier Imperva at RSA 2018 reported receiving more than 1 million security alerts daily. In many cases the tedious, first-level correlating of SIEM logs to sift out threats has moved beyond human capability.

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Digital transformation Marketing Analytics Risk 193

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In fact, according to our recent survey of retailers , 88% feel vulnerable to data threats. Almost 1 million visited physical stores.

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Risk Retail Digital transformation Authentication 90

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 6, 2017

More than 20% lack a breach response plan altogether, a new survey shows.

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Retail 47

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us, kickstarting what retailers hope will be a successful trading period. However, retailers offering both a physical and digital presence stand to gain the most, as the omnichannel approach is favoured by 69% of UK-based survey respondents. Need more information?

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Retail Personal data GDPR Risk 80

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

How we arrived at this CX environment Early days of retail Before mass media, it was harder to know what other products were available outside of the ones offered by the local store. Previously, their direct customers were mostly retailers or resellers, who sold to the end users in store.

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Customer Experience Retail Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence 92

TAB OnRecord

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Among those surveyed, 50% said they prefer to shop online to compare prices and reviews easily. According to the survey, 70% of participants stated they did price comparison online. According to BDO’s analysis from the perspective of retailers, the most effective promotion for holiday season success is applying discounts.

Retail 90

Retail Marketing Sales IT 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

New Android malicious library Goldoson found in 60 apps +100M downloads Siemens Metaverse exposes sensitive corporate data CISA adds bugs in Android and Novi Survey to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Volvo retailer leaks sensitive files A cyberattack on the Cornwall Community Hospital in Ontario is causing treatment delays Google fixed (..)

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Data breaches Security Libraries Retail 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Those across the manufacturing and utilities industries had the highest preparedness rates at 91%, while retail had the lowest across both countries at 78%. The survey was issued in November 2018 by Censuswide. Base number of survey participants. Base number of survey participants. Retail, Catering & Leisure.

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GDPR Data breaches Retail Manufacturing 81

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Back in July, we shared a blog featuring survey results of 1,000 UK consumers. The survey delved into their purchasing plans ahead of Amazon Prime Day, and gauged how many had digital assistants at the top of their shopping list.

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Security IoT Retail Privacy 66

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Financial and retail sectors are the most targeted by hackers using this attack technique simply because it is easy for attackers to monetize their efforts by compromising customers’ accounts. ” This technique allows attackers to hide malicious logins within the normal traffic volumes.

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Passwords Data breaches Financial Services Retail 109

ChiefTech

JANUARY 30, 2013

Self-service checkouts in supermarkets and other retails shop fronts are fascinating on so many levels - from their design to the ethical dilemma of replacing people with machines. At Coles, 40% of their transactions are through self-service checkouts and in the UK, 63% of a survey of 5,000 shoppers said they like using self-service.

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Retail IT Financial Services Insurance 74

IT Governance

JULY 20, 2018

Unfortunately, world-famous retailer Fortnum & Mason was recently let down by a weak link – survey company Typeform – that exposed the personal data of 23,000 of its customers. The data of approximately 23,000 competition and survey participants who inputted into a Typeform form has been involved in this breach.

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Personal data Retail Data breaches GDPR 52

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In a May 2023 survey carried out by IBM and Momentive.ai , 67% of CMOs reported that they plan on implementing generative AI in the next 12 months and 86% plan to do so within 24 months. For example, a retail clothing company might use generative AI to customize email or online experiences tailored for different customer personas.

Marketing 112

Marketing B2B Customer Experience Communications 112

CGI

JANUARY 10, 2019

Recent surveys reveal that shoppers still significantly value interaction with a human sales assistant. As emerging technologies and innovation come together to revolutionize retail, the physical store of the future is only limited by imagination. One of the world’s leading online book retailers offers a great example.

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Customer Experience Retail Sales Digital transformation 58

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers. If you’re shopping at a retailer that is new to you, research the company’s standing on the Better Business Bureau website.

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Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

Some forecasts suggest online retail might be responsible for half of all retail revenues by next year. In what McKinsey refers to as “the e-commerce catch-22,” many retailers with significant growth in ecommerce sales through 2020 and 2021 saw their margins decline.

Retail 79

Retail e-Discovery Marketing Artificial Intelligence 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections Under Siege: Rapid7-Observed Exploitation of Cisco ASA SSL VPNs Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Security 133

Security Ransomware Data breaches IoT 133

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Now, with less than 190 days to go, we’ve dug a bit deeper, surveying both consumers and C-Level executives across the UK, U.S, They should be, as our survey reveals that half of consumers believe commercial organisations don’t care about their privacy, and claim to not trust anyone with protecting their personal information.

GDPR 63

GDPR Data breaches Retail Financial Services 63

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions.

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Analytics Passwords Systems administration Retail 211

IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

Say, for example, that you are a marketing executive at a retailer who wants to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. As such, you must find a data processor to conduct the survey and provide them with the necessary information to complete that task. That would make you a data controller.

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 85