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after, but if they get to critical
systems, catastrophic damage can
be done in an instant.
Deceptions in Retail
Retailers maintain troves of the
customer, payment, card holder,
purchase history, and other data
that are irresistible to attackers.
From department store and big-box
brands to grocery and restaurant
chains, retailers have one thing in
common: a vast and growing attack
surface.
Digital transformation and
automation of supply and
distribution chains have moved
order-taking, payment processing,
inventory management, and
marketing operations online. Cloud
infrastructure helps preserve razor-
thin margins but also expands the
security perimeter. “Smart” shelves,
RFID merchandise trackers, wireless
POS systems, and a growing number
of smartphone apps designed to
improve customer experience add
infinitely more avenues of potential
entry for attackers. Customer trust
and loyalty separate retail winners
from losers, so while there is an
increasing risk of downtime and
data breaches, cyber incidents can
also have a greater business impact
than ever.
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“Attackers have one fundamental weakness: they must make decisions
— hundreds of them — during the attack process. We starve them of
the credentials and connections they need for lateral movement. We
surround them with deceptions so they can’t tell truth from fiction. One
wrong decision... and it’s over. Your defenders have rich forensic insight
to act. The attackers are caught. You win.”
Moving Towards Success with the Company
Ofer Israeli, CEO & Founder
Having pioneered deception-based cybersecurity, Founder
and CEO of Illusive Networks Ofer Israeli lead the company
at the forefront of the next evolution of cyber defence.
Prior to establishing Illusive Networks, Ofer managed
development teams based around the globe at Israel’s seminal
cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies
and was a research assistant in the Atom Chip Lab focusing on
theoretical Quantum Mechanics. Ofer holds B.Sc. degrees in
Computer Science and Physics from the Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev.
Ofer Israeli, CEO & Founder