What Today's Retailers Need in a Security Architecture

Retail cybersecurity in the age of the omnichannel customer experience requires CIOs and vice presidents of IT to take a 30,000-foot view. Supporting multiple point-of-sale (POS) solutions, an assortment of cloud-based applications, distributed networking software, customer mobile devices, and other emerging technologies requires an assortment of specialized security solutions. But IT decision-makers can't select these security products in a vacuum, to be effective, they need to integrate tightly. They need to provide a consolidated, single-pane-of-glass view of threats, while managing security skills shortages and the impact of security on network performance.