By upgrading permissions and defining access, firms can get ahead of the new threat, says vArmour's Marc Woolword.

Remote learning and work heightens the security risk, says Pulse Secure's Mike Riemer.

Manual transaction monitoring doesn't scale to the acceleration of online activity, leading to many potential false negatives, and reduced efficiencies as teams demand quick growth and analysts take time to train properly, says Acuant's Jose Caldera.

Tokenization, click to pay and other advancements boost efficiency and safety, says the Electronic Payments Coalition's Jeff Tassey.

Paying on delivery with tokenization, biometric fingerprint cards, vein scanning or phone-to-phone with a variety of card payment options helps create a universe of consumer choice, convenience, personal preference and better fraud protection, says Radar Payments' Jane Loginova.

Global collaboration among researchers creates a network effect to share resources and spot threats, says Bugcrowd's Casey Ellis.

The e-commerce expansion borne out of the pandemic heightens the balancing act between security and user experience, a challenge Forter and Nuvei hope to address through a mix of data analysis and an expansive network of merchants.

It's important that breach mitigation strategies take younger people, gaming and school into account, says ForgeRock's Ben Goodman.

“If you get your credit decisions right and you manage fraud well, you can run a very efficient bank. That’s an area where AI is very applicable,” Toronto-Dominion Bank's chief AI officer says.

Crooks are hiding payment skimmers within plain sight on retailer websites, using social contact buttons in a way that's hard for security protection to spot.