POS Security for Productivity

Guest post by: Will Atkinson
Become an Author

Free PDF Download
Staffing needs in the Holiday Rush - By Will Atkinson

You lock your door every night when you leave your store right? You secure all your cash and any valuable items before leaving your store unattended, don't you?

Then why would you leave your computer system, and your point of sale in particular, unprotected? Viruses and spyware are the MOST COMMON threats to a computer system that is connected to the internet, but this obvious threat is often ignored.

What's more, anti-virus and spyware protection is the cheapest and easiest security to put in place, and it typically self-updates, making maintenance a breeze. Why would you leave your point of sale system open to internet based attacks when the system holds your valuable data and represents one of your most powerful customer service tools?

Don't think because you're a small store that no one is out to get you either. First of all, most viruses and spyware aren't initiated by malicious directed attacks, they're downloaded unwittingly by users browsing sites they shouldn't be. Thus, it's crucial that you have a good anti-virus software, and train your employees (or setup a firewall with restricted access) to not browse the web from the POS.

Second, hackers know that your store isn't really Fort Knox in terms of the potential gain from stealing from you, but they also know it's not Fort Knox in terms of security. Hackers are increasingly targeting smaller operations due to the relative ease of accessing your secure data. Never assume you're too small to be noticed or hacked.

Do yourself a favor and check your anti-virus software today. If you don't have a good system in place, now's the time to fix it.

Security Systems For Small Businesses

The Sales Meeting Objective – Is It Mutually Beneficial?

SECURITY CLEARANCES

How Can Security Cameras Help My Business

Historical Productivity Gains in Industry Generally

Monetize Lost Productivity

New laws protect the privacy of Social Security numbers for New York residents

Planning

1.14 Our common challenge: Working Out of Poverty

Improving Employee Performance

Mobile Internet Security

Productivity Leadership - Part Four 'Development'

ClickJacking – Another security challenge meets you on the Internet

Monitoring Inside Sales Productivity

Monitoring Productivity

Getting Things Done and Maintaining competitiveness

How to Increase Employee Productivity?

The productivity problem...

5 Reasons to Replace That Old Network

Is There a Cost to Increased Productivity?

Home > Retail > Will Atkinson > POS Security for Productivity > Google +

Free PDF Download
Staffing needs in the Holiday Rush - By Will Atkinson

About the Author: Will Atkinson

RSS for Will's articles - Visit Will's website
Will Atkinson has spent his entire career dealing directly with small retailers to solve their technology problems, especially point of sale and inventory control issues. Will manages CAP Software, a specialty POS software company dedicated to providing the finest in retail POS applications for small and medium retailers. Learn more about CAP at www.capretail.com or contact me at will@capretail.com. His expertise extends to customer service issues, usability and workflow properties, and other retail best practices. Will helps retailers understand business problems in order to provide a solution that saves time and money, commodities that are limited for everyone.
Click here to visit Will's website.

More from Will Atkinson
Employees make the Difference
The Power of Employees
Leveraging Retail Technology
Key Performance Indicators for Retail KPI
Customer Loyalty

Share this article. Fund someone's dream.

Share this post and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Featured

Expert

Cody Ward
@codymward
Visit website

POS Security for Productivity

Related Articles

Related Forum Posts

Share this article. Fund someone's dream.


Name:
Email: