# Unikernels for Retail Struggling with operating system upgrades and the non-stop patching that your endpoint system is finding? Is this the only way to deal with hackers? ### Stop Playing Cat and Mouse with Hackers One in three retailers faced a cyber attack in the past year. While retailers have a larger security footprint than others with physical theft, credit card skimming and the like the cyber challenges are just as real, if not more than other industries. The rise of ransomware continues to be a plague while other types of malware continuously infect systems. Digital transformation is particularly hard on retailers as everything from in-store cameras to sensors, beacons and POS machines remain difficult to secure. Retailers have to contend with outdated operating systems, EOL software and other challenges. Let's face it - intrusion detection systems are outdated. How about systems that you can't log into to begin with? Didn't know those exist? How about systems that you can't arbitrarily execute remote code on? Those exist too. "Nearly one in three retailers have already suffered revenue losses as a result of a cyberattack, and retail organizations perceive targeted attacks as the greatest risk facing their business." #### Cisco 2017 Annual CyberSecurity Report