LONDON (UK): Lancope, Inc. will present two complimentary webinars on Wednesday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. GMT to help retailers avoid the onslaught of damaging data breaches that continue to tarnish some of the world’s biggest and most trusted brands. Lancope Director of Security Research Tom Cross will deliver best practices and discuss key technologies that retailers can employ to rapidly enhance their cyber security, forensics and incident response efforts and better protect customer data.
“It has recently become painfully clear that a substantial data breach can significantly harm a retail brand and certainly impact the bottom line in a variety of ways,” said Cross. “As the frequency of retail attacks continues to grow, it is time for retailers to look beyond conventional perimeter defenses and bare-minimum compliance measures to better secure their POS systems and credit card data. Today’s retailers must be able to quickly detect attacks that make their way onto the network, and mitigate them before they cause material damage to reputation, customer loyalty, financials and more.”
By collecting and analysing NetFlow, IPFIX and other types of flow data inherent in existing network infrastructure, Lancope’s StealthWatch® System provides a cost-effective means of obtaining comprehensive, 24/7 visibility and security across even the largest, most complex environments. This flow-based, behavioural analysis is an ideal solution for retailers, providing them the ability to economically monitor hundreds of remote stores and points-of-presence in real time without having to install an expensive security appliance at each location.
With NetFlow, retail organisations can detect a wide variety of attacks – including malware, APTs, insider threats and DDoS – in their early stages before they result in data loss or other issues. Additionally, unlike packet captures, NetFlow data can realistically be stored for months, making it invaluable for obtaining comprehensive network audit trails that can be used to conduct forensic investigations into incidents that are not discovered until several months after they occur – which, according to industry reports, is unfortunately often the case.
The StealthWatch System includes several other key features that can help retailers closely monitor POS systems and detect suspicious data transfers, including a “Suspect Data Loss” alarm that automatically alerts administrators when an anomalous amount of data is being exfiltrated.