RILA: Cooperation needed to ensure cyber security

Arlington, Va. – Cooperation among all public- and private-sector stakeholders in the retail industry is needed to ensure cyber security in the face of high-profile retail hacking attacks like the one recently uncovered at Home Depot, according to the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). Sandy Kennedy, president of RILA, released a public statement on the importance of continuing to improve the security of debit and credit cards.



“Retailers place extremely high priority on protecting customers from the harm cyber criminals can cause,” said Kennedy. “As we have seen, the increasingly sophisticated threat posed by cyber criminals is not unique to any one business, institution, industry or government. Any organization connected to the debit and credit card ecosystem faces constant and evolving threats. That is why the public- and private-sector must continue to work together to improve debit and credit card security, identify threats and share information to best defend against cyber attacks.”