The Retailer Summer Edition 2022

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(ENISA report).” ‘‘

Exploiting trust in the supplier accounted for nearly 62% of attacks on customers

Depending on the size of the compromised organ ization’s customer base, the impact of a supply chain attack can be huge (BlackBerry Threat

Report) .” ‘‘

Pre-empt, Prevent, Protect As retail environments transform from tradi tional storefronts to robust digital businesses, this famously diverse industry is united in its vulnerability to modern threats. To protect our stores and favourite snacks from attacks, it’s essential to protect the integrity of transactions, customers’ data, and retail partnership networks with an AI-based Zero Trust architecture, along with robust security practices. Zero Trust strategies and the right collaboration tools are essential to assuring effective security controls are in place to manage access both inside and outside of an organisation’s IT environment and are key to managing the threat surface exposed to cyberattack. The scourge of ransomware in retail can curbed – but it will take the whole industry working together using contemporary approaches with an eye towards preventing the attacks before they gain traction.

Keiron Holyome

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