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IBM Security Solutions for Retail

IBM Security Solutions help retailers reduce the risk of security issues impacting their business and improve the efficiency of security management.

Many Retailers today struggle to:
  • Prevent data breaches and keep the company out of news headlines.
  • Prevent asset loss from shoplifting, theft, shrink and fraud.
  • Minimize costly system downtime due to security issues.
  • Achieve, maintain and demonstrate compliance and avoid penalties.
  • Manage security with improved visibility, control and efficiency.
  • Align security with the business to truly reduce risk and improve sustainability.
IBM's end-to-end security solutions address physical security, identity and access management, data security, application security, network infrastructure security and compliance.

IBM Security Solutions for Retail include:
  • IBM Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance solutions
  • IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) solutions:
    • Network, server and endpoint intrusion prevention solutions
    • Unified threat management solutions
    • Network vulnerability management solutions
    • IBM Managed Security Services
    • Encryption and data loss prevention services
  • Business and security consulting services
  • IBM Tivoli® identity, access and configuration management solutions
  • IBM Rational® Watchfire application vulnerability solutions
  • IBM Smart Surveillance System and biometric access control
  • IBM Advanced Payment System solutions

Learn more about three of our lead solutions for retail security:

PCI compliance: achieve and maintain compliance cost effectively
IBM is the only company with products and services to address all 12 PCI requirements—efficiencies in interoperability, procurement and management. IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) is globally certified to perform all PCI services.

Establish and maintain secure cardholder data with IBM Payment Card Industry solutions (331KB)
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard: how and why to become compliant (82KB)
Profiting from PCI compliance (495KB)
Your data is showing: an executive guide to safeguarding the privacy of your critical data (437KB)



Store network security: protection for your distributed store environment
Stores are increasingly becoming targets for online attacks that can result in data breaches. IBM is helping retailers protect stores with a comprehensive, cost-effective solution that really scales.

IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) security and compliance solutions for retailers (222KB)
Enabling the retail enterprise with innovative security solutions (1,37MB)
IBM ISS offers white paper on preemptive security products and services (780KB)

Store network security components data sheets:
Unified threat management and preemptive protection with IBM Proventia Network Multi-Function Security (121KB)
IBM Managed Protection Services for networks, servers and desktops (367KB)
IBM Vulnerability Management Service (90KB)
The evolving threat: combat training for the new era of malicious code (416KB)

IBM Managed Security Services: reduce the cost and complexity of security management
Protect your information assets 24x7 at a fraction of the cost of in-house security with IBM Managed Security Services from IBM Internet Security Systems. Managed Security Services offer you comprehensive outsourced solutions for near real-time security management, including system monitoring, emergency response and 24x7 guaranteed protection.

IBM Managed Security Services (73,5KB)
Managed Security Services deliver protection on demand (110KB)
The next-generation of Managed Security Services (120KB)

More information:
IBM.com/security
IBM technical validations
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