Cyber-Security's Weakest Link: People

Business Solutions Newsletter | July 11, 2016 | View web version here.   In This Issue: Integrating Cash Recycling Into POS Systems O365 Data At Risk: Downtime, Deletions & Security Breaches How One POS Solutions Provider Won Restaurant Business The Difference Between Compliance And Security Finding The Right Backup And Recovery Vendor Reasons Your Merchant Clients Should Prepare To Accept Contactless Payments Antivirus And Antimalware Solutions: When One Is Better Than Two Cyber Security's Weakest Link: People Secrets Of POS-As-A-Service Pros Sponsor   SATO's CLNX™ Series of high-performance thermal printers offer a vast array of standard features that are unequaled by its competition. Printer setups, operation, and maintenance are supremely easy and intuitive. Click here to view and learn more about the CLNX Series. Featured Articles Integrating Cash Recycling Into POS Systems If you think credit and debit cards are about to displace cash for retail transactions, think again. Legal tender remains the most commonly used form of payment, accounting for about 40 percent of transactions overall, up to two-thirds of purchases under $10, and half of transactions valued at less than $50. So while plastic and electronic payments have been hailed as the currency of the future, the oft-predicted cashless society is nowhere in sight. O365 Data At Risk: Downtime, Deletions & Security Breaches There are misconceptions about the safety of data stored in cloud-based applications such as Office 365, Salesforce, and Google Apps. As a managed services provider, it is imperative that you ensure any of your clients who use these applications that their critical cloud business data stays as safe as it would be on-prem. How One POS Solutions Provider Won Restaurant Business To be successful selling retail and restaurant technology, you have to be able to adjust to changes in the market. Not only do technologies change, but the needs of customers big and small can shift as well. As such, it makes sense to have a line card that can accommodate a variety of customers of various sizes and needs. The Difference Between Compliance And Security The relationship between compliance and security is one that many IT types think they understand, but in reality don't quite grasp. That's why my ongoing effort to educate on this topic starts by asking the same question: Do you have smoke alarms in your home? Finding The Right Backup And Recovery Vendor Sometimes the toughest thing about backup and recovery isn't the planning and setup. It's finding the right vendor to provide it. Learn how StorageCraft helped Total Computer Solutions deliver a custom DR offering to its clients that met their needs and budget, and did so at a substantial profit. Reasons Your Merchant Clients Should Prepare To Accept Contactless Payments If current activity within the payment industry is any indication, contactless payment is gearing up to become the next most popular method of payment acceptance. Antivirus And Antimalware Solutions: When One Is Better Than Two Perhaps more than any other type of software solution a reseller can offer to its customers, endpoint security products are characterized by a huge gap between their minimal purchase prices and the enormous costs they can entail for clients if they fail to work properly. The financial benefits of retailing antivirus solutions are modest (typical street prices are $24/year per seat, with VAR cost roughly $12), while the potential losses suffered by a VAR's customer due to virus or malware infections can be devastating. Cyber Security's Weakest Link: People For all the emphasis on technology, the weakest link in cyber security may go beyond technology and have everything to do with people, specifically those who manage and maintain the system. Failure to identify and correcthuman shortcomings is a flaw that can and most often will render a system vulnerable and likely to be exploited. From The Magazine Secrets Of POS-As-A-Service Pros   By John Oncea, editor, Health IT Outcomes and Business Solutions Three solutions providers share their secrets on not just playing in the POS-as-a-Service space, but winning it. Sponsor Attend the Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association's (RLPSA) 37th Annual Conference July 24 to 27 in San Antonio, TX. The value-packed agenda has something for everyone including vital topics on employee litigation, floor safety, cybersecurity, crisis management, and multiple professional development topics. 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