Trillions of dollars’ worth of transactions flow through Western retailers each year. These funds, and the personal and financial information of the shoppers they belong to, make the industry a popular target for threat actors. It’s tempting, therefore, to think of cybersecurity as a necessary investment to mitigate the financial and reputational damage that serious breaches can cause. But the reality is there’s another, arguably more powerful reason to invest in data-centric security: building long-term customer trust.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from comforte Blog authored by Mirza Salihagic. Read the original post at: https://insights.comforte.com/retail-security-a-chance-to-build-long-term-customer-trust