The time to begin preparing for the 2014 holiday season is upon us. Last Cyber Monday, Akamai's data showed that retailers experienced record-breaking traffic at the rate of 11.2 million views per minute. While most of this traffic represented legitimate requests, malicious requests designed to steal or manipulate data spiked even higher than legitimate requests over the holiday period.
Daniel Shugrue
The holiday shopping season is over, and if one thing is certain, the increase in traffic wasn't just good for retailers this year. Holiday shopping proved to be a boon for fraudsters and cyber attackers as well. Cloud services provider Akamai reported that attack traffic surged on Black Friday to five times the normal level earlier that month. As retailers reflect on their experiences this past holiday season and begin to plan for a more lucrative and secure 2014, there are a few steps they can take to prepare their e-commerce site for the ever-growing trends of online shopping, device adoption and cyber security risks.
