Although the retail sector has by no means seen the greatestfrequency of cyber attacks in recent years, several that haveoccurred have accounted for a huge percentage of the recordsactually stolen.
Compounded with the sensitivity of the information typicallytaken in such a breach (credit card details, passwords and personalinformation) and its appeal on the black market, major breachessuch as those at Target, Home Depot and eBay in recent years havelanded concern about commercial data security — and questions aboutwho should be held liable for failures — front and center in theminds of retailers and consumers alike.
What can be done about the security of customer information? Howare criminals slipping through seemingly secure systems? What canbe done to thwart them? And who is responsible for the resultingfinancial losses when these efforts fail?
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