Retail · e-commerce · hospitality

Your card data is on its own line of the application.

Retailers, e-commerce sellers, and hospitality businesses live in PCI scope whether they think about it or not. Carriers capture payment-card volume on a separate scale from other data, and the exposure runs through the point-of-sale and the storefront — not the back office.

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The exposure

What underwriters and attackers actually look at

PCI scope, point-of-sale, and e-commerce exposure drive the underwriting. The controls that matter most: segmenting the cardholder environment, confirming EDR covers the POS and e-commerce stack (not just back-office machines), and real email security on customer-facing inboxes.

Applicable framework: PCI-DSS.

The program

What we operate for you

The managed security program — Huntress SOC-monitored detection, identity protection, and security awareness training, operated end-to-end — tuned to retail, e-commerce & hospitality.

Cardholder-environment segmentation

We help separate the systems that touch card data from everything else — the move that shrinks PCI scope and the move underwriters reward.

MDR on POS and e-commerce systems

Managed detection and response where the card data actually flows — point-of-sale terminals and the e-commerce stack — not only the office computers.

Email and identity security

Managed ITDR and a real secure email gateway on customer-facing and vendor-facing inboxes, where account takeover and invoice fraud start.

PCI-aligned evidence

Audit-control logs, MFA coverage, and segmentation confirmation packaged for your acquirer's PCI questionnaire and your cyber renewal.

Fit

Who this is for

  • Independent and multi-location retailers taking card payments
  • E-commerce sellers running their own storefront stack
  • Restaurants, cafes, and hospitality businesses with POS systems
  • Franchisees who need consistent security across locations

Further reading

Go deeper on Retail, E-commerce & Hospitality

CISSP-led guides on the threats, compliance, and controls that apply to retail, e-commerce & hospitality — the detail behind the program above.

FAQ

Retail, E-commerce & Hospitality: common security questions

Does a small store or online shop have to be PCI compliant?

If you accept card payments, PCI DSS applies — there is no small-merchant exemption, though using a compliant payment processor that handles the card data significantly shrinks your scope. State breach-notification laws also cover customer information.

What's the biggest cyber risk for a retailer?

Payment-card theft and ransomware. Point-of-sale malware and e-commerce checkout skimming target card data, while ransomware takes the store or site offline. The PCI control set and managed detection address both.

How much does managed cybersecurity cost for a retailer?

Managed coverage starts at $25 per person per month (Ridge Core, no minimum), which watches every computer and every email login.

Ridge Plus adds staff training, email protection and a secure browser; Ridge Reserve adds the incident response plan, access reviews and patch reporting.

All three are priced per person, and log collection is Ridge Log, an add-on on any tier. The one-time Cyber Insurance Readiness Sprint is a fixed fee from $1,500 (three tiers up to $3,500).

How fast can you get a store protected?

The Cyber Insurance Readiness Sprint runs seven business days from kickoff to a signed evidence pack mapped to your carrier's questionnaire. We agree the managed-monitoring deployment schedule after reviewing your environment.

Start with the questionnaire

See where you stand before an underwriter does.

The free 2026 Cyber Insurance Readiness Questionnaire scores you against the controls carriers actually ask about. Then the Readiness Sprint turns your environment into the evidence they accept.

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Read the industry guide, compare the service scope and start with your carrier's actual questions.