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Retail Security
Written by: Will AtkinsonArticle Overview: Retailers are facing a greater number of ever more sophisticated threats in 2009 due to evolving technologies, increased reliance on computerized systems, and the down economy. They need to take serious steps to secure their businesses, including their data.
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Retail Security
Everyone has heard of the major credit card and identity data breaches at retailers like TJX and DSW, but what does that mean to the small retailer?
Well, it means a lot. Small retailers have been lucky for the past few years as hackers and other cyberthieves have targeted the plump, low hanging fruit of large businesses with lax security practices. However, it only takes a few major brands being made an example of for others to start taking extreme measures to secure their payment networks and other customer data.
So, with the big data "banks" locked up, where will the criminals turn? If it's very complicated and expensive to target the big haul, thieves will focus instead on small returns that can be had with much less effort.
This means that in 2009, especially in light of the desperation in the economy, small retailers absolutely must implement network, firewall, user access, and other data security policies to avoid being breached. Such a breach will cost more than most retailers can afford in fines, fees, lost sales, increased auditing costs and other outlays. You simply cannot afford to NOT secure your data.
Get a qualified security auditor to review your computer infrastructure, including your software, legacy systems, and internal policies. If you still have sticky notes with your login and password stuck to your monitors, you've got a long way to go baby.
The time for sticking your head in the sand has passed, and the retailers that can't demonstrate that they are secure will get passed by as well, by the PCI (Payment Card Industry) and by customers who don't feel secure in using their credit and debit cards in those stores or on those websites. Security is fashionable now, just like being green, so now's the time to use the latest GOOD technology to fight the latest BAD technology.
Go to VISA's PCI Knowledgebase to learn more before it's too late:
http://usa.visa.com/merchants/
You owe it to yourself and your customers to make your business as secure as possible.
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