Retailers face daunting cybersecurity challenges in a rapidly evolving business landscape. Retail cybersecurity best practices help ensure a prosperous 2022.
HOBOKEN, N.J. (PRWEB) January 12, 2022
A NYC area retail IT consultant shares five retail cybersecurity best practices in a new article on the eMazzanti Technologies website. The informative article first encourages readers to invest in continuous monitoring to detect cyber-threats.
The author then urges business leaders to upgrade authentication and access management policies and to take the steps necessary to protect customer data. He concludes by advising retailers to keep up with new privacy laws due to take effect this year and to conduct regular security awareness training.
“Retailers face daunting cybersecurity challenges in a rapidly evolving business landscape,” stated Almi Dumi, CISO, eMazzanti Technologies. “Retail cybersecurity best practices help ensure a prosperous 2022.”
Below are a few excerpts from the article, “Retail Cybersecurity Best Practices Ensure a Safe and Profitable 2022.”
Invest in Continuous Monitoring
“Effective cybersecurity requires ongoing effort. Businesses should begin with compliance and security audits to evaluate the cybersecurity landscape and establish a baseline. Identify security vulnerabilities and compliance issues. This helps guide the process of prioritizing a strategy to protect valuable assets and achieve regulatory compliance.”
Upgrade Authentication and Access Management Policies
“Authentication and access management present a significant challenge for any industry, but especially for retail. High employee turnover means that many short-term employees have access to sensitive systems. Limit employees to only the access they need to perform their job functions. Then be sure to quickly remove access for employees when they leave.”
Take Steps to Protect Customer Data
“To protect customers, only store the bare minimum of data necessary and be sure to encrypt all sensitive information. Additionally, solid mobile data governance aids the regulatory compliance process. Businesses must know what customer data they store and where it resides. And they must be able to demonstrate reasonable data security measures.”
Ongoing Security Awareness to Address Human Factor
“Present cybersecurity workshops regularly, with training targeted according to job description. Begin by including security awareness as a critical part of onboarding. Back up the training with just-in-time security reminders such as posters. And conduct phishing simulations at periodic intervals.”
Protect the Business and Customers with Retail Cybersecurity Best Practices
eMazzanti Technologies delivers comprehensive retail technology solutions for its customers, from multi-layered cybersecurity to point-of-sale technology and more. Its award-winning team help business leaders implement effective monitoring and authentication tools and achieve compliance. The company also offers solutions for security awareness training.
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