89 percent of cyberexecutives in the retail industry reported that their companies had been compromised by attacks in the past 24 months. Retail now suffers the most attacks per client of any industry sector and sustains three times as many attacks as the financial industry. Retail cyberdefenses were generally in such disarray that researchers two years ago discovered it took an average of 197 days before the companies detected advanced threats on their networks. Changes in technology and regulatory policy have also forced boardrooms to pay more attention to the problem.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3187595/retail-digital-challenge-hits-home.html