The holiday shopping season may place additional stress on retailers but, after several years of high-profile retail data breaches, cybersecurity has become a year-round pursuit for them, according to a new report from Bay Dynamics.
“IT and security professionals say they feel pressure year-round to secure their organizations, not just during the holidays, versus in 2015 when a majority said they felt more pressure during the holidays to secure their organizations. IT and security professionals are seeing a persistent cyber threat,” commented the authors of the report. “They understand they can get hacked or suffer a breach any day of the year. Therefore, they are under pressure all the time, not just during the holidays.”
Read more at http://www.advisenltd.com/2016/12/01/holiday-shopping-has-commenced-but-cybersecurity-is-year-round-for-retailers/
Erin Ayers, Holiday shopping has commenced, but cybersecurity is year-round for retailers (December 1, 2016), available with subscription at Advisen Cyber Front Page News.
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