The eBook Cybersecurity for Retail: Prevention Is Better Than the Cure reveals that 74% of retail leaders believe 2022 was the worst year for cybersecurity, with most firms increasing budgets only after breaches occur. Despite 71% claiming to be proactive, 61% suffered avoidable attacks, often due to human error or poor visibility into endpoints. Retailers’ top concerns include downtime, loss of revenue, and reputational damage, with 50% admitting understaffed security teams. The study urges investment in prevention—particularly threat detection and employee training—rather than reaction. Tanium concludes that rationalizing IT systems, not expanding them, is the key to resilience and proactive protection across distributed retail environments.

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