Tag: fraud
Employee Data Theft is the Second-Most Common Cyber Incident for Retailers
According to Garett Seivold, security expert and LPM contributing writer, cyber criminals may not always be hidden in the deep, dark web. Sometimes they're...
All Together Now
The giant course correction hitting retail now appears pointed squarely in one direction—toward technology. It was the sum and substance of presentations at the...
Offenders Adapt; So Must We
Whoa, what's that?! No way. That's a reaction we want from would-be offenders when thinking about initiating a crime attempt on our property.
We're often...
RFID and Retailing
Since the term radio frequency identification (RFID) came into common usage within the retail environment, around the end of the 1990s, it has in...
Using Video Surveillance to Audit Your Retail Business
Throughout my career, I've seen some outrageous behavior captured on surveillance video. From performance and productivity issues-like employees showing up late and doing personal...
Stop Worrying about the Retail Apocalypse and Focus on the Tsunami of E-commerce Returns
In the July-August 2017 issue of this magazine, I wrote an article titled "Brick-and-Mortar Is Not Dead; Amazon Just Proved It." That statement continues...
E-commerce Credit Card Fraud: The Growing Challenge
Just as the word "e-commerce" has come to refer to a menagerie of different specialized markets, so e-commerce credit card fraud comes in many...