SECURITY

SECURITY

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QUESTIONS – SECURITY ASPECTS OF SALON SOFTWARE

If I’m a spa or salon owner looking to invest in a software system, what sort of security aspects should I be looking for?

There are two areas to look at:

The safety of your data from loss due to viruses, hardware failure or hardware theft
Secure sensitive/confidential data from unauthorized access

In terms of a salon/spa software system – where could breaches of security potentially occur?

Server based systems (sits on your computer) should be backed up regularly to protect data loss by viruses or hardware failure. Cloud based systems provide a lot more data security as information is saved away from your computer. Your PC, tablet or smart phone are used to access your site, nothing sits on your device.
Unauthorised access by staff for nefarious reasons.

How can salon software be programmed to restrict access to certain data, so that it can only be accessed by the owner and manager of the salon and not by therapists, who also have to use the system to do bookings and log sales?

Software that already understands the need for security will have the following in place:

Individual access by staff using their own user-name and password.
Access only to functions relative to their position.
Ability to customize security for menus and buttons (functions and commands such as print/delete).
Block ability to change historical data e.g. invoices, stock figures, turnover etc.

Is there anything else you would like to mention on salon software security?

Continuously review the effectiveness of security protocols.

Regarding your own system – what are the particular USPS of the security aspects of your software that make it stand out in the market?

My Salon Software is able to provide forensic analysis of the system’s usage (who, what and when) as part of their backup and support.