As Akamai’s Industry Strategist for Commerce, Susan McReynolds works with customers, analysts, and industry influencers to keep a pulse on the cybersecurity trends and challenges that face today’s retail, travel, and hospitality enterprises. Prior to a career move into tech, Susan helped guide national and global athletic brands in developing custom visual merchandising programs. She received both her MBA and undergraduate degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner, and if India’s Diwali festival and China’s Singles Day are any indication, U.S. retailers could be bombarded with bad bots, aimed at competing with real shoppers this holiday season. And the stakes are high. Global supply chain issues , skyrocketing shipping costs , inflation, and domestic labor shortages have rapidly compounded problems within a sector already slammed by the COVID-19 pandemic.…