Data breaches are making front page headlines more often than ever, and keeping customers' data safe isn't getting any easier.
Restaurant operators gathered in the NRA Show's Technology Pavilion Monday afternoon to learn more about data-security standards, who's at risk for data breaches and what merchants can do to safeguard against hackers.
Todd Anderson of Washington, D.C.'s Constantine Cannon law firm says several factors make merchants more vulnerable to breaches. For instance, Anderson said hackers are usually skilled at Windows, making PC-based point-of-sales systems particularly at risk.
The credit-card companies have joined together to create standards for card-accepting merchants. The companies' Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards are supposed to help merchants protect their data, but PCI guidelines change quickly. You might be in compliance today, but that doesn't mean you will be tomorrow.
NRA Show exhibitor Shift4 is a payment processing service that aims to remove customer data from the merchant's system and replace it with a token, which means there is no data available for hackers. Technology solutions help remove the "human factor," according to John Mann, Shift4's sales director. Removing the data from the merchants' systems gives restaurateurs a leg up in the security game.
Head over to the Technology Pavilion and check out what other security options are available.
Comments