Keeping Restaurant Networks Secure During COVID-19

As they work diligently to keep their employees safe, restaurant organizations also need to protect their networks. Cybersecurity has become more vital and more complex with digital innovation. Retail cybersecurity solutions must provide the centralized visibility and

management of security devices without sacrificing efficiency and the quality of the customer experience.

SD-WAN IS SOLVING A RANGE OF ISSUES

If you are deploying or have deployed a secure SD-WAN solution, what are the primary reasons for doing so?

NEW SOLUTIONS ARE DELIVERING PEACE-OF-MIND

Rank how confident you are in your PCI DSS compliance for newly-implemented sales channels?

CYBERSECURITY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN SD-WAN DECISIONS

Easier to manage

Access to the cloud

Greater network agility

Increased security

Increase bandwidth

Reduced costs

56%

If you chose to deploy an SD-WAN solution, rank the importance of security in choosing an SD-WAN solution.

Largely Important

Important

Not important

Very important

38%

36%

37%

22%

3%

1%

52%

44%

26%

26%

22%

19%

14%

37%

23%

3%

Very confident

Largely confident

Confident

Slightly confident

Not confident

BUT STAYING SECURE HAS ITS CHALLENGES

What are some of the biggest challenges affecting your security posture during COVID-19?

Reduced budgets

Staffing

Implementing new security protocols

Cloud security

Securing new types of transaction

Integrating new vendors

Implementing contactless payments

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RESTAURANTS ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO RAPIDLY ADD SERVICES

What new technologies have been adopted to service customers due to COVID-19?

49%

49% 44%

35%

18%

Contactless transactions

Mobile applications

Tablets Kiosks eCommerce portals

Point of sale

58% 36% 22% 19% 19% 9%

Fortinet provides retailers with top-rated cybersecurity

solutions covering the expanding attack surface. Advantages

include centralized visibility and management, lower TCO, and

top performance. Proven threat protection and seamless

Fabric integration deliver better, faster response to attacks.

About Fortinet

Windstream Enterprise is a managed communications

services provider, delivering nationwide, cloud-optimized

network and industry-leading services—such as SD-WAN and

UCaaS—through our award-winning portal, WE Connect.

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Source for all data: Retail Security & COVID-19 Industry Survey 2020 Trend Report - Canam Research

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