How Retailers Can Protect Themselves From Cyber Attacks

• Businesses need specialized, layered defenses to deal with DDoS attacks. General security solutions may not help, and in some cases might be targeted by attackers.
• Cloud-based DDoS protection is needed to deal with high-volume attacks that can saturate internet connectivity.
• Network perimeter protection is needed to deal quickly with any event, and before there's a customer impact.
• Organizations should monitor "across" their networks, as well as "at" the perimeter to detect suspicious and malicious activities wherever they occur.
• Organizations must leverage the broader visibility and specialist skills available to them within their vendors and service providers.

Deploying security products to deal with threats is only a part of what needs to happen. Employees must be trained regularly and processes put in place to deal with any detected incident.