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How to avoid
ransomware attacks
Industry technology advisor
and Tech 2 Success founder
John Hickey warns that
vending and micro market
operators are vulnerable to
the same types of cyber attack
that are being carried out on
big corporations and public
utilities. Vending businesses
have critical information and
the ability, in most cases, to
pay ransoms between $10,000
and $25,000, he said. Consider
these nine steps to help prevent
an attack:
surveillance and other measures to secure their assets, keep employees safe
and protect facilities with locks and key controls.
The good news is increasingly sophisticated technologically advanced solutions
go a long way to stay a step ahead of criminal minds.
EMBOLDENED CRIMINALS
Rich Morahan of Richard Morahan Associates has followed and written about
the security lock industry for more than 25 years. In his view, since the start of
the pandemic, and continuing now, thieves have become bolder in attacking
vending machines, ATMs and kiosks.
" There are fewer people out around machines, and many companies are
understaffed, " he pointed out. " Unattended locations allow thieves more time
and privacy to commit brute-force theft and insert data skimmers, so you need
physical protection. A camera and alarm system can record crime and deter
criminals, but unless you have 24-hour video surveillance and a rapid response
team, you better have on-the-spot physical barriers in place. "
Morahan is a consultant for Lock America Inc., a Corona, CA-based
designer, developer and manufacturer of high-security locks and hardware,
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* Update software applications;
* Update firmware on
network devices;
* Enable multi-factor
authentication everywhere;
* Improve email security and
implement MFA;
* Secure Microsoft 365
(formerly Office 365) settings
and protect admin accounts;
* Store data in a secure cloud
environment and eliminate in
office servers;
* Replace outdated firewalls
(over three years old);
* Implement a secure
offsite backup.
* Visit tech2success.com for
more information.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of August2021

Editor's Note
Industry News
The RX for success
Stepping Up Security
Emerging or Rooted
A Comeback as They Come Back
St. Louis Operation uses new dining platform technology to compete
Classifieds
Social Hubs
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