How Wireless Cctv Systems Can Save Businesses Lots of Money
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Friday, 27 March 2015 01:43
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How Cctv Systems Can Save Businesses Lots of Money
There was a time when large department stores would not have the
resources to keep an eye on what the clientele and employees were up to
from one minute to the next. While the concept of floorwalkers was a
good idea, and the walkers had comparative success, it was still
difficult for them to watch the whole store at any given moment. While
the idea of these floorwalkers was a sound move by the shops, they could
not have enough of them engaged to watch every sector all of the time.
This is where video surveillance came into the picture, with this new
and ground-breaking attitude to security large stores and companies
gained a large edge on what precisely was going on.
With the
growing crime rates in today's culture and the rise in the economy, more
and more stores and big businesses are looking to improve their level
of protection to make up for the losses. CCTV cameras have been
installed in many of the bigger department stores such as Wal-Mart and
Macy's, to step up the security in their stores. What this did was offer
the store a chance to see precisely what was going on from minute to
minute, and day to day. Without the need of expensive floorwalkers as a
method of security, the company has now found a safe and reliable level
of safeguard from law-breaking such as stealing. Wireless CCTV cameras
are a great way to control the level of shoplifting or any other crime
that could be carried out inside their stores. If the person that is
about to steal or commit another offense, and knows that they are being
filmed they are more prone to steer clear of the offense all together.
No one wishes to be filmed in the act of a felony, and this is a great
measure to stop such crimes from happening.
CCTV is a
very handy and adaptable way to control crime inside a store. Not only
are these cameras great at catching somebody in the act of a crime, they
can be located almost anyplace the store deems fit to. This can be
concealed cameras or out in the open CCTV that is wireless. The great
advantage to the wireless CCTV is that you can move the cameras to
locations on a short-term basis should the store feel that there is a
particular spot in the store that is more challenging than another. Once
the heat is off that position they can move the wireless CCTV camera to
a different spot. What is really great about this is that the offender
will never know precisely where a camera may be positioned or concealed
at any given moment. This will eventually limit the criminal in their
actions inside the store thus saving the company money in the end. The
more cameras the company has, the less likely the odds of shoplifting
are to be committed.
This is, of course, not limited to just
clients or criminals that we are targeting; there are many workers that
are less than trustworthy when it comes to their company dependability.
They will certainly try to take advantage of the company if the chance
arises and this can be a very difficult thing. When a team member goes
out of their way to take advantage of the company, the company is no
better off than if it was a criminal committing the crime. For this
reason, many companies will put in wireless CCTV cameras in common areas
of the store or business that can keep an eye on the actions of the
workers as well. This will lessen much of the problem when it comes to
dissatisfied staff attempting to make a point at the company's cost.
Wireless CCTV cameras are now being used in almost all stores
irrespective of their prominence or size, with the common understanding
that it can be customer or employees that will defraud or thieve from
the company. This is a great way to keep overheads down for the company,
as well as expenses down for the customer or shopper of the company.
Without the wireless CCTV cameras, you can without doubt see a radical
increase of cost to both the company as well as the general community
when it comes to retrieval of money lost due to shoplifting or fraud. |
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What is PCI/DSS and why Should I care?
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Friday, 27 March 2015 01:24
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Why Comply with PCI Security Standards?
Why should you, as a merchant, comply with the PCI Security
Standards? At first glance, especially if you are a smaller
organization, it may seem like a lot of effort, and confusing to boot.
But not only is compliance becoming increasingly important, it may not
be the headache you expected.
Compliance with data security standards can bring major benefits to
businesses of all sizes, while failure to comply can have serious and
long-term negative consequences. Here are some reasons why.
- Compliance with the PCI DSS means that your systems are secure,
and customers can trust you with their sensitive payment card
information:
- Trust means your customers have confidence in doing business with you
- Confident customers are more likely to be repeat customers, and to recommend you to others
- Compliance improves your reputation with acquirers and payment brands -- the partners you need in order to do business
 - Compliance is an ongoing process, not a one-time event. It helps
prevent security breaches and theft of payment card data, not just
today, but in the future:
- As data compromise becomes ever more sophisticated, it becomes
ever more difficult for an individual merchant to stay ahead of the
threats
- The PCI Security Standards Council is constantly working to
monitor threats and improve the industry’s means of dealing with them,
through enhancements to PCI Security Standards and by the training of
security professionals
- When you stay compliant, you are part of the solution – a united, global response to fighting payment card data compromise
- Compliance has indirect benefits as well:
- Through your efforts to comply with PCI Security Standards,
you’ll likely be better prepared to comply with other regulations as
they come along, such as HIPAA, SOX, etc.
- You’ll have a basis for a corporate security strategy
- You will likely identify ways to improve the efficiency of your IT infrastructure
- But if you are not compliant, it could be disastrous:
- Compromised data negatively affects consumers, merchants, and financial institutions
- Just one incident can severely damage your reputation and your ability to conduct business effectively, far into the future
- Account data breaches can lead to catastrophic loss of sales,
relationships and standing in your community, and depressed share price
if yours is a public company
- Possible negative consequences also include:
- Lawsuits
- Insurance claims
- Cancelled accounts
- Payment card issuer fines
- Government fines
You’ve worked hard to build your business – make sure you secure
your success by securing your customers’ payment card data. Your
customers depend on you to keep their information safe – repay their
trust with compliance to the PCI Security Standards.
Convinced about the value of compliance?
Perhaps we made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up for a
moment – but we are here to offer resources that can help.
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