Advanced Hospitality Technologies

5 Ways Hospitality Can Save Money on Security   Small-to-medium sized businesses and large enterprises may seem worlds apart, but they face many of the same cyber-security threats. In fact, in recent years, cyber-criminals have increasingly targeted Hospitality. This is because it’s widely known that Hospitality have a smaller budget, and less in-house expertise, to devote to protection. Thankfully, there are several things Hospitality can do today to get more from even the most limited security budget. And, no, we aren’t talking about cutting corners. Far too often, Hospitality cut the wrong corners and it ends up costing them more money in the long run. It’s a matter of taking a smarter approach to security. Here are five smart approaches to take Prioritize  - Every business has specific areas or assets critical to its core operations. Seek the input of valued staff and team members to determine what these are. Is there certain data that would be catastrophic if it was lost or st...

    Four Key Components of a Robust Security Plan Every Hospitality Must Know   Most businesses are now technology dependent. This means security concerns aren’t just worrisome to large corporate enterprises anymore, but also the neighborhood sandwich shop, the main street tax advisor, and the local non-profit. Regardless of size or type, practically any organization has valuable digital assets and data that should not be breached under any circumstances.   This makes it the responsibility of every business, especially those collecting and storing customer/client information, to implement a multipronged approach to safeguard such information.   Yes, we’re looking at you, Mr. Pizza Shop Owner who has our names, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information stored to make future ordering easier and hassle free.   Today’s Hospitality Needs a Robust Security Plan Protecting your business and its reputation comes down to developing, implementing, and monitoring a robust security pla...

    Just Because You’re Not a Big Target, Doesn’t Mean You’re Safe   Not too long ago, the New York Time's website experienced a well-publicized attack, which raises the question – how can this happen to such a world-renowned corporation? If this can happen to the New York Time's, what does this bode for the security of a small company’s website? What’s to stop someone from sending visitors of your site to an adult site or something equally offensive?   The short answer to that question is nothing. In the New York Time's attack, the attackers changed the newspaper's Domain Name System (DNS) records to send visitors to a Syrian website. The same type of thing can very well happen to your business website. For a clearer perspective, let’s get into the specifics of the attack and explain what DNS is.   The perpetrators of the New York Time's attack targeted the site’s Internet DNS records. To better understand this, know that computers communicate in numbers, whereas w...

    Stay Secure My Friend... More Hackers Targeting Hospitality   Many Hospitality don’t realize it, but the path to some grand cybercrime score of a lifetime may go right through their backdoor.  Hospitality are commonly vendors, suppliers, or service providers who work with much larger enterprises. Unfortunately, they may be unaware that this makes them a prime target for hackers. Worse yet, this may be costing them new business.   Larger companies likely have their security game in check, making it difficult for hackers to crack their data. They have both the financial resources and staffing power to stay on top of security practices. But smaller firms continue to lag when it comes to security. In many cases, the gateway to accessing a large company’s info and data is through the smaller company working with them. Exposed vulnerabilities in security can lead cybercriminals right to the larger corporation they’ve been after.   Cybercriminals Target Companies with 250 or Fewer Employe...