WHO WE SERVE
Retail Cybersecurity
Protecting your customers and your business. Recent major security breaches in retailer data may leave you wondering if you’re next. Added to these worries, there is the constant threat of physical breaches, such as those in department stores, large motels, hotels, resorts, and casinos.
The sheer volume of customers and extended hours of operations means added cost and expanded resources to maintain security. At the facility level, it’s a fulltime job and a major resource drain to worry about theft at the point-of-sale or physical breaches from unsecured entrances.
Key Services For Retail IT Success
SAINT Security Suite deployment
ASV attestation services
QSA services
Penetration testing
Compliance assessments
Vulnerability management
Gap analysis
Perspectives on Card Transaction Security
Industry
While PCI is of primary concern to the retail market, enterprise-scale companies must also comply with other complex regulatory mandates. Keeping track of all the regulatory requirements while maintaining security and compliance takes time, resources, and specialized expertise. It also distracts internal teams from their primary business activities.
C-Level
The challenges and complexities of protecting customer data, intellectual property, and credit card transactions are daunting. Given these risks, it’s hard to focus on the goals of quality product/service delivery and increasing revenue. A strong cybersecurity strategy is essential to the survival of your business. In this highly visible and competitive market, customer confidence is one of the hardest things to gain and one of the hardest things to get back once it’s lost.
Customer
Nothing impacts a customer’s confidence faster than worrying that their identity, credit card or other financial data is at risk. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was born out of the major credit card brands’ recognition of this risk and the urgency to develop consistent and stringent standards in how cardholder environments (CDEs) are protected. However, overall protection and security of all customer privacy data are vital to the survival of your business reputation and earnings potential.
Cloud security is everyone’s concern
For the retail sector, moving to the cloud offers incredible benefits in cost reduction, increased on-demand scalability, and the ability to deploy solutions with a worldwide market reach quickly. However, moving from traditional on-premise data centers and bricks-and-mortar operations creates enormous challenges in migrating core business processes, securing vendor processes, and protecting customer data and intellectual property.
In more practical terms, retail operations are typically hybrid – on-premise, shared, and cloud) rather than 100% a single architecture. Traditional risk-based approaches and security solutions simply do not translate. Deploying and maintaining secure environments in these situations takes special skill and modern approaches to keep up with the ever-changing world of cloud computing.
We understand your retail challenges
The sheer complexity of developing and maintaining a holistic risk-management and cybersecurity program can be daunting. It is also equally concerning that most solution providers can merely offer technical solutions with no fundamental understanding of what you are facing. The answer is finding a trusted advisor that understands your challenges and has the experience and solutions to meet them.
Our CEO was a C-level executive of a major retailer with annual revenue of more than one billion dollars. He understands, firsthand, the challenges you face and the difficulty in finding a trusted advisor and partner in responding with holistic solutions. Unlike many other solution providers in the cybersecurity market, this market-specific perspective enables us to develop and deliver powerful and effective product and service solutions that respond directly to the challenges faced by business leaders in the retail market.
Let us tailor a program for your retail business
Solving the biggest challenges in cybersecurity requires new approaches and solutions that address security from a business perspective – not simply a technology perspective. Our holistic risk-management approach combines program-level expertise with complete product and services solutions that address C-level concerns that protect and defend critical business resources against today’s threats.
From program development and gap analysis to fully integrated risk-management technologies and compliance services – our goal is to work as your trusted partner in comprehensive risk management and compliance. We help you focus on your business goals.
Start a Partnership with Carson & SAINT
Upgrade your cybersecurity strategy with Carson & SAINT and gain a partner who’s committed to your institution’s security and success. Contact us at be.secure@carson-saint.com to explore a cybersecurity solution designed for the specific needs and aspirations of your financial institution. Let’s set your institution apart in the realm of financial cybersecurity.