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of today's biggest concerns for retailers is how they can properly secure their
retail point of sale systems. They also must protect their sensitive business
information including their costs, sales numbers, profit margins, etc. One
dishonest employee or unscrupulous outside hacker can trigger a very large—and
very expensive—disaster.
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caused by theft from employees, customers and organized retail criminals is a
growing problem, accentuated in part by the use of employee POS authentication processes that have
proven to be less than fully effective.
Nearly every available retail point
of sale system allows retailers to assign a unique password to each cashier.
But if even one password is stolen or misused, your retail point of sale system
is vulnerable to attack. Once inside your retail software, the intruder could
change prices, lower the quantity on hand, delete items, steal your customer
list, or take any number of other damaging actions.
And if the retail point of sale
system was accessed with a stolen or hacked password, finding the responsible
party can be almost impossible. These concerns for business safety are spurring
POS companies to incorporate biometrics
into their retail software and point of sale hardware.
How Do Biometrics Fingerprint Reader Work?
When an employee logs into the retail point of sale system, he must enter
his user ID. But instead of typing his password, he simply scans his thumb or
finger on the biometric fingerprint reader. Any time the employee attempts to
access a password-protected area of the retail point of sale software, he is
required to scan his finger.
This increased employee accountability can help protect you from costly
damage to your data, whether intentional or accidental. Installing and
implementing biometrics in your retail business can give you added peace of
mind—you'll rest easier knowing that the data you depend on is safe and secure.
As biometric technology has improved and more point of sale products have
become available, biometrics have become affordable to retailers of all sizes.
So whether you're already running a retail point of sale system or you're
shopping around, you may want to consider the added security of biometrics.
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