Application Security Taking Center Stage for Retailers

The interconnectedness and rapid development of mobile technology are revolutionizing the consumer market. Retailers have fully computerized mechanisms driven by complex applications to bring their products to the mobile market, which has introduced serious security flaws into the ecosystem that can damage customers and financial giants, jeopardizing entire retail chains. Hackers have increasingly exploited these vulnerabilities in unsecure web applications using tools that can easily be found online, resulting in numerous high-profile hackings.