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Reopening businesses and schools safely and successfully utilizing security technology

September 9, 2020

As businesses and schools seek to bring people back to brick and mortar establishments, it’s going to be important to make customers, students and teachers feel comfortable, in addition to simply following guidelines. Customers are going to have to feel that it’s worth going out, versus shopping on-line. For retailers, that comfort might in part be derived from visible occupancy monitoring efforts and automated voice-down messages when people aren’t wearing masks or keeping their distance.

New IoT security maturity model profile targets retail industry

September 1, 2020

International technology standards consortium Object Management Group® (OMG®) and the Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) announced the first vertical profile for the recently released v1.2 of the IoT Security Maturity Model (SMM) Practitioner’s Guide. Targeted specifically for the retail industry, IoT SMM: Retail Profile for Point-of-Sale Devices will help retail organizations determine the right level of investment to meet their security needs.

CDC releases new guidelines on workplace violence related to COVID-19

August 28, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines when it comes to workplace violence, including how or how not to confront anti-maskers.

Mark Stinde named VP of Asset Protection at the Kroger Company

August 12, 2020

Mark Stinde, MBA, LPC has been announced as the new vice president of asset protection with the Kroger Company.

Data Protection by Design: Eight Questions to Help Protect User Data from the Start

How are you reaching your privacy goals for 2020?

Lisa Phillips

August 7, 2020

By implementing a data protection by design approach, both before and during product development, organizations will build more trust with customers and end users, and curtail risk of future privacy-related conflicts.

Report calls for retailers to adopt more strategic use of video analytics

July 31, 2020

A new ECR report, authored by Professor Emeritus Adrian Beck of the University of Leicester, calls for retailers to leverage video analytics more strategically, to control costs, improve operations and increase profitability.

Heightened fraud and cyber risks threaten e-commerce merchants

Online merchants should be asking themselves three key questions related to their fraud defenses.

Bruno Spagnuolo

July 28, 2020

As consumers increasingly turn to online shopping for essential and non-essential goods while at home, fraudsters have adapted their technique to use more sophisticated tactics against consumers, banks and merchants.

Retailers ask senators to support healthy workplace tax credit

July 22, 2020

The National Retail Federation urged the Senate to approve legislation introduced in the chamber this week that would create a new tax credit intended to ease the cost of steps taken to make stores and other workplaces safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Fraud costs increased 7.3% for U.S. retailers year over year

July 21, 2020

There was a 7.3 percent increase in the cost of fraud year-over-year for U.S. e-commerce and retail merchants, according to a new LexisNexis Risk Solutions report.

How thermal imaging cameras will help facilities reopen in a COVID-19 world

Jason Ouellette

July 21, 2020

To limit the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus, many businesses across the globe have deployed social distancing requirements, stringent cleaning protocols and capacity limitations as part of their plan to safely reopen. Even with these measures in place, retailers, office complexes and educational facilities are recognizing that technology will also play a critical role to help identify individuals who may have the virus even before that person enters the premises. This is where thermal imaging camera systems play a pivotal role.