TL;DR
Quick-service restaurants are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to complex security systems and multiple locations. Franchise brands are a target for hackers, with the average cost of responding to data breaches being $150 per piece of compromised data.
Franchise brands are the perfect target for would-be hackers. According to a recent QSR Magazine article, CEO and co-founder of cloud infrastructure security firm RedLock, Varun Badhwar, says a restaurant’s defense is only as good as its weakest link. Franchise restaurants allow for many potential points of entry due to different security systems across the system.
“You have to believe you are also going to be targeted,” said Badhwar, “and it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. So, proactively you need solutions.
The average cost of responding to data breaches is now $150 for each piece of compromised data, which continues to increase. Restaurants need to now have policies and plans for when it inevitably happens.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on June 27, 2017. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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