For chief information security officers in retail and e-commerce, identity theft can be seen as both a result and potential symptom of broader security breach activity. While they are trying to build high walls to keep all the attackers out, they might find the consumer credentials already in their systems may be fraudulent or at least highly vulnerable.
A recent study from LogMeIn found that many retailers don’t have stringent password requirements on their e-commerce sites. Retailers could make it more difficult to breach consumer credentials on their sites by requiring more complicated passwords, two-factor authentication and other protective measures.
