Articles Tagged with ''retail security''

Loss prevention professionals demonstrate value amid COVID-19 response

Loss prevention pros talk managing operations in the face of crisis

September 23, 2020

At NRF Protect this morning, loss prevention professionals discuss their tactics regarding COVID-19 response and the role of their departments in the organization.

NRF to host NRF PROTECT ALL ACCESS: Retail’s loss prevention and cyber risk online event

September 22, 2020

The National Retail Federation (NRF) will be hosting the NRF PROTECT ALL ACCESS, a free, four-day online event taking place September 22 – 25, 2020, featuring dynamic speakers, a virtual expo highlighting 75 retail security collaborators and networking opportunities catered to the retail security community. With 16 sessions spanning topics from talent and culture to theft and fraud to cyber and digital crime, attendees will have access to the latest information for the loss prevention, asset protection and cyber risk communities.

The role of cybersecurity in helping retail open post-COVID-19

AJ Dunham

September 10, 2020

The pandemic has redefined what it means to be a resilient business, especially when it comes to retail. “Essential” businesses that have remained open, such as supermarkets or pharmacies, have had to figure out how to operate safely in this new world. No matter the type of retailer, the importance of cybersecurity hasn’t gone away. If anything, it becomes more important as a cyber disruption could be the fatal final straw for a business looking for a smooth return to operations and maintain its brand image and reputation.

Reopening businesses and schools safely and successfully utilizing security technology

Tom Cook

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.

Retail security professionals are facing an increasingly complex array of security challenges — everything from organized retail crime to evolving cyber-physical threats and public safety concerns.