Protecting Your Restaurant Against a Data Breach

It doesn’t seem uncommon to hear about security breaches from large corporations like Chick-fil-A to Chipotle to Pizza Hut. However, data breaches can happen to restaurant chains and small eateries alike. Nearly half of cyber-attacks target small businesses and 60% of small companies go out of business after experiencing a significant attack. 

The annual Data Privacy Day on January 28 and Data Privacy Week on January 21-27 this year (with 2022 marking the first occurrence) is a national effort by the National Cybersecurity Alliance to empower individuals and businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust. Data Protection Day commemorates the January 28, 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. 

This year’s Data Privacy Week is Take Control of Your Data. We put together a brief guide to help you safeguard your hospitality business against cyber attacks and what to do if one happens to…