In recent years, retail chains have begun to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) technology to make their businesses “smart”. Analyzing consumer data in real-time helps them compete with e-commerce and face new challenges by enabling fast, valuable and personalized experience. Smart retail includes automated check-out, in-store marketing through proximity-activated promotions, store layout and inventory optimization, tailored maintenance and more.

However, large scale multi-site deployments of connected devices also introduce new security vulnerabilities for retail companies.