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AirDefense Retail Shopping Wireless Security Surveys 2007-2008

As the 2007 holiday shopping season officially gets underway, AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, to day unveiled results from its comprehensive “2007 Retail Shopping Wireless Security Survey” of wireless data security and physical security practices in place at more than 3,000 stores nationwide and also in parts of Europe. Cities monitored were Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, London and Paris. Research was conducted in some of the busiest shopping areas in the country, including: Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue in New York City, Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Union Square and Market Street in San Francisco.

PRESS RELEASES

January 14, 2008:
AirDefense's Survey of Retailers Across New York City Discovers Wireless Security Vulnerabilities in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island

November 15, 2007:
AirDefense's Comprehensive Survey of 3,000 Retail Stores Finds Many Wireless Data Security Vulnerabilities as Holiday Shopping Season Nears

November 15, 2007:
AirDefense Offers Tips to Consumers on How to Prevent Being a Victim of Identity Fraud at Wireless Hotspots This Holiday Season

MEDIA CLIPS

CNBC Squawk Box: You're at Risk - The Risk of Identity Theft
Featuring AirDefense CSO Richard Rushing

CNBC Squawk Box: Retail & ID Theft
Featuring AirDefense CSO Richard Rushing

WBZ: Companies' wireless internet security lacking ahead of shopping season
Featuring AirDefense CTO Amit Sinha

WKYC-TV in Cleveland: Retailers use wireless systems that could make credit information vulnerable
Featuring AirDefense CSO Richard Rushing

 


COMPLIANCE CENTER

Forrester Webcast: Complying with PCI's Requirements - March 4th

AirDefense Wireless Security Solutions for Retail

AirDefense WEP Cloaking: Protection For Legacy Encryption Protocols

Archived Webcast: Retail Wireless Security & PCI Compliance

Solution Brief: AirDefense Wireless Security Solutions for Retail

White Paper: The Need for Wireless IPS in Retail

White Paper: WEP Cloaking™ – Maximizing ROI from Legacy Wireless LAN

White Paper: Preventing Wireless Data Breaches in Retail

 

 

 





 

 

 


 

IN THE NEWS

  January 21, 2008

Fast tech leaves mark at retail show

It wasn’t the speed of sound that made noise at last week’s National Retail Federation’s trade show, but the fact that rapidity is driving retail technology...


  January 21, 2008

Fast tech leaves mark at retail show

It wasn’t the speed of sound that made noise at last week’s National Retail Federation’s trade show, but the fact that rapidity is driving retail technology...


  January 17, 2008

Network World: Scan Finds Security Holes in NYC Retailers' Wireless Nets

There’s bad news for some retailers at this week’s National Retail Federation trade show in New York City, where WLAN security company AirDefense...


  January 15, 2008

Wireless Networks: When Merchants Bleed Data

Wireless-network connections at brick-and-mortar stores are the latest focus of payment-security angst...


  December 18, 2007

5 Reasons It's Riskier to Shop In Person Than Online Shopping online may not be inherently safer than going to the mall, but at least you have a little more control

With the number of online shoppers growing each year and the biggest shopping days of the year in our midst, the safety of online shopping is often called into question...


  December 11, 2007

It’s the Most Dangerous Time of the Year

In case anyone had any doubt, the common sense assumption that online theft is worse during the holidays is true....


  December 6, 2007

Firewalled Going Overboard on Threats

Every security expert you ever heard of -- and some you've never heard of -- is now offering his opinion on the worst threats of 2007 and the most dangerous threats of 2008...


  November 26, 2007

SURVEY: 3,000 retailers have wireless data-security vulnerabilities

AirDefense, which launched the wireless LAN security market, has released results from its 2007 Retail Shopping Wireless Security Survey of...


  November 23, 2007

Putting a Scare in the Shopping Season

Today is “Black Friday,” the ceremonial start to the holiday shopping season. Our inbox has been filling up with press releases touting the...


  November 22, 2007

Probe Uncovers Vulnerable Retailer Wireless Systems

Half of the 3,045 stores that wireless security vendor AirDefense secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S...


  November 22, 2007

Study: Lax retail wireless security

A recent survey of U.S. retail stores found one-fourth of transmissions between handheld devices and store computers were not encrypted...


  November 22, 2007

Study: Lax retail wireless security

A recent survey of U.S. retail stores found one-fourth of transmissions between handheld devices and store computers were not encrypted...


  November 21, 2007

Retailers' In-Store Wireless Networks Are Not Secure

Half the time, retail stores skimp when it comes to securing their in-store wireless computer networks, according to a study by security vendor AirDefense...


  November 20, 2007

Retail Wi-Fi Wide Open to Hackers, Study Finds

A study has discovered that while retailers are physically securing their businesses to prevent theft, they are not taking the same precautions with their wireless security...


  November 20, 2007

Retail Wi-Fi Wide Open to Hackers, Study Finds

A study has discovered that while retailers are physically securing their businesses to prevent theft, they are not taking the same precautions with their wireless security...


  November 20, 2007

Retail Wi-Fi wide open to hackers, study finds

A study has discovered that while retailers are physically securing their businesses to prevent theft, they are not taking the same precautions with their wireless security...


  November 19, 2007

Security Sweep Finds Retailer's Wi-Fi Networks At Risk

Despite the well-publicized wireless woes of retailer TJX earlier this year, it seems many retailers have failed to move to protect themselves from the loss of customer data...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many retailers' wireless data systems easy to hack

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

WSJ: Retailers' Data Systems Vulnerable To Hackers - Survey

A number of retail stores may be vulnerable to hacker attacks this holiday season, according to a recent study by a wireless security firm....


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many retailers' wireless data systems easy to hack

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

What retail wireless security?

TJX may be in a class all by itself in terms of the number of records compromised in a data breach....


November 15, 2007

Security Sweep Finds Retailer's Wi-Fi Networks At Risk

Despite the well-publicized wireless woes of retailer TJX earlier this year, it seems many retailers have failed to move to protect themselves from the loss of customer data....


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Open to Wireless Attacks

This holiday season, the greatest danger to retailers isn't the guy in the trench coat shoplifting small items...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many retailers' wireless data systems easy to hack

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many retailers' wireless data systems easy to hack

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many retailers' wireless data systems easy to hack

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many retailers easy to hack, study finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Study: stores put customer data at risk with poor WiFi security practices

Be careful of using public wireless hotspots, even if they claim to be secure. There's a good chance they are still vulnerable to hacking and your personal data could be stolen, according to wireless security manufacturer AirDefense...


  November 15, 2007

Wireless Warnings

If you do retail, and take credit cards (which you pretty much have to), your wireless network is about to cause you severe grief...


  November 15, 2007

Wireless credit card transactions in stores often vulnerable: survey

Half of more than 3,000 U.S. and European retail stores use wireless systems vulnerable to hacking to transfer data ...


  November 15, 2007

Security Sweep Finds Retailer’s Wi-Fi Networks At Risk

Despite the well-publicized wireless woes of retailer TJX earlier this year, it seems many retailers have failed to move to protect themselves from the loss of customer data...


  November 15, 2007

Stores’ wireless security faulted Study says many networks are easily hacked

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Retail Stores Ripe for Hacking, Survey Finds

Retailers seem to have learned little from the massive TJX data breach, according to security-device maker AirDefense Inc...


  November 15, 2007

Many retailers easy to hack, study finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many Retailers Easy To Hack

You can drive down a street with a laptop and easily find wireless access points, and it does not require a great degree of sophistication...


  November 15, 2007

What retail wireless security?

TJX may be in a class all by itself in terms of the number of records compromised in a data breach...


  November 15, 2007

Study: Many Retailers Easy To Hack

You can drive down a street with a laptop and easily find wireless access points, and it does not require a great degree...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many Retailers Easy to Hack, Study Finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Gaps found in stores' wireless security

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Many retailers easy to hack, study finds

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Survey: Major security gaps in retailers' customer-data systems

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


  November 15, 2007

Retailers Open to Wireless Attacks

This holiday season, the greatest danger to retailers isn't the guy in the trench coat shoplifting small items. It's the guy out in the parking lot with a wireless antenna...


  November 15, 2007

Many retailers easy to hack, study finds Undercover survey of 3,045 stores claims to find major wireless security gaps at half

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping centers in the U.S...


 

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