As a young man, desperately saving money for my first automobile, I spent some time working for a regional pizza chain. During that period, I recall an incident that occurred at another local restaurant. It was at night. On a weekday, after the close of business, two men entered through the back door. They robbed the owner at gun [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PCI Security Standards’
Keep the Bad Guys Out and Your Data Protected
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Jessica Lundberg, Senior Marketing Manager
Hardware firewalls are the first line of defense to protect cardholder data and are required by the PCI Data Security Standard requirements. A firewall provides another layer of security that blocks external access to your environment and limits inside access to potentially harmful outside environments. What does this mean in plain English? It helps keep [...]
Your password is 123456, right? No? Bet I can guess if not. Dare me!
Monday, May 24th, 2010 John Pearson, Director - Data Security & Compliance
In a recent security breach, 32 million user passwords were exposed by a website. This data made publicly available was analyzed by the security company Imperva who reported the following conclusions in their report: 16% of users choose only numbers for their password 30% of users choose the minimum length required for their password 40% [...]
Radiant’s Commitment to Data Security
Friday, December 4th, 2009 John Heyman, Chief Executive Officer
At Radiant Systems, we take pride in providing technology solutions to the hospitality and retail industries. As the industry leader, we have a long track record of continuously delivering exceptional value, exceeding customer expectations and helping our customers manage risk. As part of this, we invest heavily in product research and development, which includes the [...]
Making sure your store is PCI Compliant
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 James Hervey, Senior Manager, Product Marketing
Those three little letters, P C I. They seem to set off all sorts of alarm bells as soon as a retailer starts thinking about them. It’s hard, yes, but making your store compliant is definitely achievable. Three suggestions we would give to anyone contemplating their first on-site assessment or filling out a Self-Assessment Questionnaire [...]
