On 03/04/2015 06:36 PM, David Christensen wrote:
4. Don't update/ upgrade the machines unless your POS vendor tells you to do so, and only with the *exact* patches they have verified. Better yet, pay them to do it. 5. Backup, image, and archive religiously. Even if you pay your POS vendor to do this (good idea), implement a local solution anyway (coordinate with your POS vendor). Encrypt everything and keep copies off-site forever.
Oops -- got the numbering wrong on the last two:6. Don't update/ upgrade the machines unless your POS vendor tells you to do so, and only with the *exact* patches they have verified. Better yet, pay them to do it.
7. Backup, image, and archive religiously. Even if you pay your POS vendor to do this (good idea), implement a local solution anyway (coordinate with your POS vendor). Encrypt everything and keep copies off-site forever.
David p.s. what is your POS solution?