Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity sparsh Tue, 11/21/2023 - 05:01 As global consumers gear up for the much-anticipated shopping bonanza that is Black Friday and Cyber Weekend, retailers brace themselves for the frenzied onslaught of shoppers and the deluge of cyber threats lurking in the shadows.

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Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Mobile 83

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

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Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 71

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

The new Badge Partner Program further accelerates the adoption and integration of Badge’s privacy-preserving authentication, enabling even more users to benefit from seamless MFA experiences across any device or application without storing user secrets or private keys. “We

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Authentication Software Digital transformation Marketing 100

Security Boulevard

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

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Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 64

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

In one sense, digital transformation is all about machines. Related: Authenticating IoT devices Physical machines, like driverless vehicles and smart buildings; but, even more so, virtual machines. Hudson: The world as we once knew it is becoming digitalized. Everything. We’re in the very early innings of this.

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Digital transformation Passwords Software Internet 138

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. On a broader level, data breaches can erode trust between consumers and companies, leading to societal implications such as a loss of confidence in digital services.

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DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A lack of multifactor authentication (MFA) to protect privileged accounts was another culprit, at 10%, also 7 percentage points lower than average. Among FinServ organizations, 73% have adopted multifactor authentication (MFA) to secure cloud data access, nearly matching the overall average of 74%.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Threat Reports Authentication Banking 62

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. Digital payment data is created, shared and stored in more places than ever before.

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Risk Retail Digital transformation Authentication 90

The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Extending ‘digital trust’ As DigiCert and Oracle separately headed down these paths, digital transformation shifted into high gear and massive interconnectivity built off of wide distribution of ephemeral APIs took center stage. And that was the design point we gave them.”

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Cloud Migration Digital transformation Engineering Software 195

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. Significant changes to authentication models may be required to alter the growth trajectory of these attacks.” The attacks targeted a range of sectors, from media and entertainment to retail and gaming.

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Big data Accountability Passwords Digital transformation 164

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

Passwords 91

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 91

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Secure the digital transformation of the payments industry across various applications and environments. Implement multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to strengthen access controls. Support advanced technologies such as host card emulation, secure element provisioning, and mobile point of sale (POS) security.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Digital transformation Encryption Risk 71

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

From retail to healthcare, banking to government, manufacturing to communications services – achieving your organization's mission and beating the competition requires paying attention to customer experience demands and working in a timely fashion to address them. What exactly are customers asking for? What helps build engagement and loyalty?

Passwords 97

Passwords Retail Digital transformation Risk 97

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2019

With an estimated $500 billion retail market spend per year, what’s next for the payments industry as a whole. Consumers today live in the world of Amazon and online shopping and the need for effortless speed is ever-growing thanks to the retail giant. The answer is frictionless payments. Security as Frictionless as Checkout.

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Digital transformation Retail Encryption Banking 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 16, 2019

This week marks the return of Amazon Prime Day – Amazon’s seasonal retail event which has fast become a masterclass in driving demand and growth through great customer experience. As I wrote about earlier this year , almost all enterprises are now storing sensitive data in digitally transformative environments, but only 30% are encrypting it.

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Digital transformation Encryption Retail Authentication 73

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Secure the digital transformation of the payments industry across various applications and environments. Implement multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to strengthen access controls. Support advanced technologies such as host card emulation, secure element provisioning, and mobile point of sale (POS) security.

Financial Services 89

Financial Services Digital transformation Encryption Risk 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Many airports today are engaged in multiple and large-scale digital transformation efforts, such as moving IT data to the cloud, sharing real-time flight and ground status with airport workers, and even implementing a BYOD (bring-your-own-device) policy for employees.

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Cybersecurity Authentication Cyber Insurance Digital transformation 87

Zero Day

JUNE 18, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions.

Password Management 75

Password Management Retail Small Business Software 75

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. On a broader level, data breaches can erode trust between consumers and companies, leading to societal implications such as a loss of confidence in digital services.

DDOS 69

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 69

McAfee

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Let’s say that a large enterprise retailer is working with a large consumer goods manufacturer as a partner. A good environment will start with strict authentication, making sure that the user from the partner is really that authorized user.

CISO 65

CISO Manufacturing Digital transformation Risk 65

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ultimately, these delays led to the European Banking Authority (EBA) extending the deadline to implement Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by fifteen months, setting a new deadline for December 2020. PSD2 hinges on a critical connection between retailers, fintechs, and banks.

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Banking Authentication Consumer Protection Marketing 62

Herjavec Group

JUNE 25, 2021

These quick pivots led to the rapid adoption of digital transformation, putting entire enterprises at high risk for cyber-attacks, as many cybersecurity practices and policies were not scaled to the challenge. Today, cybersecurity must be a leading business priority for companies of any size.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Risk Cyber threats 87

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

ForgeRock is uniquely positioned in the market with a focus on customer experience and developers, and is used by large global brands across industries, including healthcare, finance, retail and the public sector. The company manages hundreds of millions of logins daily across 30 retail markets.

Retail 52

Retail Banking Healthcare Digital transformation 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

People rely on unique identities, like usernames, passwords and two-factor authentication, to get access to network data and services. Digital transformation initiatives have caused the number of machines on enterprise networks to grow exponentially, while the number of people on enterprise networks is growing quite slowly.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity IoT Digital transformation Marketing 52

Zero Day

JUNE 10, 2025

When I started my first software company, I faced a number of barriers to entry: printing packaging cost tens of thousands of dollars per title; convincing a distributor and retailer to carry it; and then there was warehousing, shipping, assembly, and a variety of other physical supply-chain issues. There are two main gotchas.

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Password Management Software Artificial Intelligence Small Business 88

Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

This convergence of consumer and business concerns underscores the imperative for organizations to embrace technology strategically and address and mitigate the perceived risks associated with the digital realm. Companies that leverage digital tools to rethink traditional approaches can reshape entire markets and create new paradigms.

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Risk Technology Data privacy Artificial Intelligence 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

Focuses on common edge use cases in six vertical industries – healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, energy, and U.S. Over 40% of the surveyed population are in the mature stage of adoption on specific edge projects, with each vertical industry as follows: 52% of retail and public sector are in the mature stage.

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Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Architecture Retail 52

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2022

They enable organizations to supply the digital services that support everyday activities like shopping online, booking a holiday or using a banking app. The unprecedented growth of API usage across all industries in recent years has accelerated digital transformation and brought new API security challenges to light.

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Architecture Authentication Big data eCommerce 52

IT Security Guru

AUGUST 19, 2024

Moreover, an absence of multi-factor authentication (MFA) means that should a password be compromised; attackers can move laterally within systems to perform reconnaissance with ease. Retail businesses, particularly those with online operations, are vulnerable to ransomware due to the high costs associated with downtime.

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Ransomware Backups Social Engineering Manufacturing 136

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Simply put: the more digitally transformed an organisation becomes, the more likely it is to experience a data breach. Cybersecurity Bedrock.

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Digital transformation Architecture IoT Encryption 133

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Thanks to heightened consumer confidence, a rise in proximity payments adoption and ongoing developments in biometrics, the payments industry continued to undergo digital transformation throughout 2017. That being said, it’s not just consumers set to benefit from this agile approach, with retailers also on-track to reap the rewards.

Retail 83

Retail Marketing Technology Mobile 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

The 57 percent rate statistic is the highest of all verticals we measured in this year’s report (others include the healthcare industry, the retail industry, and the financial services industry) or any region surveyed. I think it’s worth further expanding on our cloud technology findings.

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Encryption Data breaches Government Threat Reports 48

SecureList

MAY 7, 2025

Data from Kaspersky Security Network ( download ) In the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions, ransomware affected a higher share of users due to rapid digital transformation, expanding attack surfaces and varying levels of cybersecurity maturity. The region’s growing digital adoption is increasing exposure.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Encryption Backups 73