Majority of retail security professionals took additional IT security precautions this year, prepped earlier than usual.
PORTLAND, Ore. – December 15, 2020 – Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced the results of a new research report that assessed retail cybersecurity programs in 2020. Conducted for Tripwire by Dimensional Research last month, the survey evaluated the opinions of 203 security professionals working in the retail industry.
According to the survey, 78% of retail businesses have taken additional IT security precautions for the 2020 holiday shopping season, compared with prior years. Of those, 87% said they took additional precautions explicitly because of the potential rise in online retail fraud as more consumers turn to e-commerce due to COVID-19.