How To Protect Your POS (Point of Sale) Systems From Cyber Threats

There are too many companies who think that their Point-of-Sales (POS) systems are merely a responsibility of their cashiers who sit behind a sales desk. 

They literally forget that their POS systems face multiple-levels of risks, e.g., networking issues, open ports, cyber-attacks, accessibility issues, communication with a chain of their numerous back-end processes. More often these POS systems also communicate with company’s most sensitive data, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of their customers.

Your company, in fact every company, should consider its POS systems more accurately as an extension of your company’s datacenter, a remote branch of your critical applications. You should see them as high-threat environment and devise a targeted security strategy accordingly.

Read this article to learn how to establish a robust cybersecurity strategy to protect your POS systems:  How To Protect Your POS (Point of Sale) Systems From Cyber Threats