There’s a reason why retailers call the final three months of the year the “golden quarter.” As festive shopping ramps up, many will be hoping to generate a large part of their annual revenue in the period between Black Friday and the end of the year. But where there’s money to be made, there’s also likely to be criminal activity: 100% of data breaches over the past year were financially motivated.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from comforte Blog authored by Erfan Shadabi. Read the original post at: https://insights.comforte.com/why-retailers-must-secure-their-payment-data-this-golden-quarter