Hospitality & Leisure – Information Security Consulting

To stay competitive in the market and meet the demand of the consumers, businesses in the hospitality and leisure industries must understand technology and embrace appropriate strategies to keep up with technology changes and ensure the privacy and security of their customer information.From requirements to maintain the privacy of customer information to general maintenance of a secure state of the organization’s assets and information systems, hospitality and leisure-oriented businesses face an array of challenges in IT security.

From requirements to maintain the privacy of customer information to general maintenance of a secure state of the organization’s assets and information systems, hospitality and leisure-oriented businesses face an array of challenges in IT security and stand to benefit from expertise in information security consulting and business continuity consulting.

• Hackers are a constant threat to any business with an online presence. Websites defacements, denial of services, credit card and identity theft are just a few of the attacks that businesses are exposed to every day.
• Transmitting, processing or storing credit card information requires compliance with the Payment Card Industry Standard (PCI DSS).
• If a security breach is taking place or has occurred, businesses need to have a plan to quickly respond to the incident. In such situations, it is also necessary to ensure that digital evidence is identified, preserved, and analyzed so that it can be successfully presented in court.
• Businesses may suffer losses of money if their operations are interrupted by natural disasters. Having a disaster recovery and a business continuity plan will ensure businesses are able to continue their operations.

To address these challenges, hospitality and leisure-oriented businesses need to include security controls in their infrastructures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of company information and communications.

How ERM can Help:

Assistance from expert information security and business continuity consultants on the ERM team can ease the burden of interpreting requirements such as PCI DSS, keeping abreast of changing regulations, and fulfilling industry and federal demands.