Research suggests that online shoppers are more likely to avoid retailers that have suffered a serious cyber attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recent poll<\/a> of over 2,100 UK consumers carried out by Akami revealed that 59% would stop shopping with retailers that suffered a major cyber breach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 49% of consumers stated that they do not trust that retailers will keep their personal data safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The poll also revealed that 59% of respondents would tell their friends to stop shopping with a retailer if they had fallen victim to a cyber attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new findings indicate that retailers must have reliable cyber security procedures in place or face losing loyal customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This includes protecting data using backups, educating staff<\/a> on how to stay safe, and improving communication with the customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are concerned about your cyber security, please contact <\/strong>the NEBRC at <\/strong>enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To stay up to date on the current cyber threat landscape, sign up for our\u00a0free core membership<\/a>\u00a0and gain access to a wealth of\u00a0resources<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0help you stay safe online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/strong>NEBRC<\/strong><\/a> is a non-profit organisation that seeks to inform, educate, and <\/strong>support<\/strong><\/a> businesses in the UK on how to stay safe against digital threats through strong cyber security practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Research suggests that online shoppers are more likely to avoid retailers that have suffered a serious cyber attack. A recent poll of over 2,100 UK consumers carried out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}