Protect Retail Business from Cyberattacks
Retail organizations have long been favored victims of cybercriminals because the monetary rewards are high. Plus, as more consumers move toward online shopping, threat actors have more opportunity to use tactics such as credit card skimming and social engineering to prey on unsuspecting consumers.
The cyberattack challenges the retail industry faces are daunting:
- Savvy cybercriminals are adept at attacking businesses during busy times such as Black Friday sales—incurring reputational damage with customers as well as lost revenue.
- In addition to encrypting files, malicious actors often also threaten to publish stolen customer data, which could lead to legal trouble.
- Retail is targeted in particular by Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups that have honed their skills with constantly evolving, highly efficient toolsets.
- Attacks target every link in the retail supply chain, from online payment service providers to unwitting consumers.
$85B
Estimated economic cost (on the low side) of ransomware attacks on retailers in 2020
3,126
The number of online shops that were actively under attack at one time by a 2019 Magecart skimming operation
72%
Cybersecurity workload increase since 2020 for IT teams in retail
Active Directory is a prime entry point for cyberattacks on retail
Defending Your Retail Business Against Cyberattack
Semperis helps retail businesses prevent, mitigate, and recover from identity system-related breaches—before, during, and after an attack.
Challenge
Malicious actors target Active Directory because it’s a tried-and-true method of gaining entry into the system—the starting point for lateral movement into the entire network.
Solution
Semperis helps you identify and address security gaps in AD, including configurations that have become less secure over time and evidence of malicious activity.
Challenge
After breaching the retail company’s system, cybercriminals can lurk for days, weeks, or months before detonating malware—often when the company is most vulnerable, such as busy holiday seasons.
Solution
Semperis uncovers signs that attacks are in progress—even attacks that bypass traditional logging solutions—to stop operators in their tracks before revenue and customer trust are lost.
Challenge
Ransomware attacks can halt retail business operations and often strike when the business is at peak demand—costing revenue, jeopardizing customer satisfaction, and potentially compromising consumer data, which could lead to lawsuits.
Solution
Semperis reduces the time to fully recover Active Directory from days or weeks to minutes—accelerating the return of business operations and closing security gaps to prevent a similar attack recurring.
“Everything starts with an ID and password. First thing you need to recover is credentials to do any other type of recovery.”
Kerry Kilker
Former CISO | Walmart
“I love the fact that I can actually be confident about the ability of doing a forest recovery. Never seen a product that does that so quickly, and you can trust that it will work because it’s so easy to test. “
—Systems Integrator, $1B+ Retail Organization
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