Data Security

Understanding consumers’ habits and preferences is key to reaching them effectively with the right products and offers.

Amazon.com exposed some of its customers’ names and email addresses on Wednesday because of a "technical error," according to emails the company sent to affected customers. BetaNews, which first reported the incident, said affected customers received an email that said Amazon had " … inadvertently disclosed your name and email address due to a technical error." The email…

Nordstrom is notifying employees of an information-security breach that exposed their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. Employees across the company received an email notification and apology from co-President Blake Nordstrom on Wednesday informing them of the breach, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday. Some employees, who may not…

From sophisticated e-commerce engines to cloud-based productivity solutions and personal tools on mobile phones, web applications power how things get done. Organizations around the globe rely on them for connections to customers, business partners, suppliers and staff. To better understand the challenges that organizations face to protect web applications, Radware commissioned a second annual global survey of senior executives and IT professionals at companies with worldwide operations. The goal of the survey was to find out how security breaches have affected respondents’ organizations in the past 12 months and the impact of application attacks on plans for cybersecurity protection measures. The results painted a picture of what's common to companies around the world, as well as in three regions: Asia-Pacific (APAC), the Americas (AMER) and Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA).

Few retailers would admit that they're not prepared for a cyber security attack, yet their actions tell a different story. As the march towards e-commerce continues, jumping 11.5 percent in 2017 alone, retailers are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. According to a new survey conducted by The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University Fisher College…

During 2017, it was reported that roughly 1,579 data breaches were publicly disclosed. This is an alarming number that equates to approximately 130 breaches each month. Industry observers believe this means the number of records containing personal information that were affected over a year’s time period is nearly 2 billion, and the average cost of a data breach in 2017 was estimated at $3.62 million.

On average, websites experience 58 attacks per day, and you might be making that number worse. The research team at SiteLock isolated three major factors that increase a website’s risk of being compromised: complexity, composition and popularity. A website that links back to social media pages, uses a CMS application and is widely visited is a…

Access to large amounts of data has transformed the way retailers operate. Analytics provide incredibly valuable insights into customer preferences, market trends, supply chain activities and much more. However, growing data privacy and security compliance requirements pose challenges, and new research suggests retailers are struggling to meet those challenges. A report from leading industry analyst…

With Cambridge Analytica, British Airways, and several other high-profile data breaches making headlines, retailers are (unsurprisingly) starting to reconsider their own customer data policies. But rather than making the mistake of seeing these events as an obstacle, they should see them for what they are: an opportunity. In the last few years, customer experience has…

As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. Lines are now blurred between physical and digital experiences. And criminals are moving online. At the same time, customers expect faster checkout and order fulfillment, both…