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Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. senior retail IT security managers and 96 IT security managers from retailers across the globe.

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It’s time to think twice about retail loyalty programs

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. But it looks like my own personal data has been breached – again. But none of these reasons rose to the top in retail. Lack of perceived need” was the number one reason they didn’t deploy.

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Retail has a multi-cloud problem…with sensitive data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. Overall, 76% report that they will also use sensitive data within at least one of these cloud environments. Tools that reduce multi-cloud data security complexity are critical.

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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft

Malwarebytes

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.”

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2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Global Edition: Digital Transformation & Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation inherently drives organizations into a data driven world – and each technology used for digital transformation (cloud, big data, IoT, blockchain, mobile payments and more) requires its own unique approach to protecting data. Big Data – 99%. Blockchain – 92%. Mobile payments – 91%.

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Securing the future of payments – what does 2018 have in store?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

We’re now seeing big data play an increasing role in how retail sales and payments are being tailored to individual consumer’s preferences, and providers are adopting and integrating smarter, more efficient ways of completing the path-to-purchase. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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GUEST ESSAY: Did you know these 5 types of digital services are getting rich off your private data?

The Last Watchdog

Now more than ever before, “big data” is a term that is widely used by businesses and consumers alike. Consumers have begun to better understand how their data is being used, but many fail to realize the hidden privacy pitfalls in every day technology. Related: Europe tightens privacy rules.

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