model. The evolution is so significant that, as Ashish observes, it’ s about“ embedding the retailer to go beyond their traditional boundaries” by using insights into customer habits to offer more integrated services.
Telcos can directly enable and secure the new model. The latency-sensitive nature of the financial transactions makes them a perfect use case for Multi-Access Edge Computing( MEC). By offering MEC platforms, telcos can allow retailers to process API calls and financial authorisations closer to the store or regional data centres, drastically improving performance and user experience. Furthermore, the inherent risk in this interconnected system, where, as Ashish warns, retailers“ instantly inherit a risk,” positions the telco to sell a solution: a managed Secure Access Service Edge( SASE) offering that provides unified security and policy enforcement across this distributed API ecosystem.
From core assets to value-added services: Identity and threat mitigation Nowhere is the shift in threats more apparent than in the rise of account takeover, a crime often facilitated by large-scale bot attacks. Using credentials stolen from other breaches, attackers launch automated“ credential stuffing” campaigns to find matching accounts on high-value retail sites. The malicious traffic, often numbering in the millions of requests per hour, floods the telco network. It presents a direct opportunity
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