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Cybersecurity for Forecourts<\/h1><\/div>\r\n <\/div><\/div>
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Our specialist Cybersecurity for Forecourts is designed to address the unique and evolving cyber threats your industry faces, providing the highest level of protection for your valuable data while supporting your operations to run seamlessly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

The shifting cybersecurity challenges faced by forecourts<\/h2>\n

Forecourt retailers have always been a prime target for cybercriminals with frequent credit card transactions and reliance on third-party vendors for service provision. In recent years, these risks have increased as more digital applications have been adopted, creating a larger surface area for attack. Therefore, as a forecourt retailer, it is essential to make cybersecurity a top priority to protect your data, operations and customers and comply with industry regulations.<\/p>\n

If your business sells high-value goods, such as petrol, credit card transactions are likely to be a regular occurrence. However, storing and transferring large volumes of personal details, payment information, and other sensitive data on a daily basis places your sites at a higher risk of a cyber-attack, with cybercriminals eager to steal this information for financial gain.<\/p>\n

The use of third-party vendors to support your operations can elevate this risk. Whether it’s providers of point-of-sale (POS) systems, fuel management software, logistics and supply chain management, cloud services or any other type of third-party service, your vulnerabilities increase with these additional communication and data transfer systems, which cybercriminals will be ready to exploit.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Meanwhile, as more and more digital applications are used to improve operations and optimise service, their access to your network opens up further opportunities for cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n

If you are adopting value-added services, such as customer Wi-Fi, parcel collection, pharmacy or laundry services, the network connectivity required to deliver these provisions must be carefully managed to keep your business safe.<\/p>\n

Finally, it is crucial to address cybersecurity awareness amongst your employees. As a multi-site organisation, your employees may need to access sensitive data from numerous, sometimes unsecured, locations.<\/p>\n

If individuals are unaware of the cybersecurity risks, whether accessing your network onsite, from head office or from a home or mobile environment, it could potentially create a security breach.<\/p>\n

While today\u2019s cybersecurity requirements may seem complex, we have the tools to make the process easy for you.<\/p>\n

With our in-depth experience in supporting multi-site organisations with their network and cybersecurity needs, we know what’s needed to provide the best level of protection and have developed our Cybersecurity for Forecourts as a solution to your industry-specific challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n

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Hughes Europe Network Security Services<\/h2>\n

With fuel demand down and increasing pressure to diversify services, resources may be short for forecourt retailers, meaning budgets do not extend to in-house security operations centres (SOC). Hughes Network Systems Europe can help.<\/p>\n

We’ve designed our Cybersecurity for Forecourts to offer an affordable, time-efficient solution, leveraging our managed cybersecurity services<\/a> to meet your multi-site cyber challenges today and as they evolve in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n

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SOC (Security Operations Centre) Services<\/h2>\n

Our Hughes SOC-as-a-Service<\/a> can deliver cost-efficient, round-the-clock cyber protection across your multiple forecourt sites.<\/p>\n

Combining SOC cloud-based functions and access to our highly qualified cybersecurity specialists, we can analyse your network vulnerabilities and then design and deploy unique proactive strategies to protect your business.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll work closely with your team to ensure your network continues to offer optimum performance alongside our cybersecurity strategies. You’ll have complete visibility of all activity via a customer portal and regular Critical Observations Reports, as well as the support of our team to answer questions and troubleshoot any issues.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Our Cybersecurity for Forecourt solutions<\/h2>\n

We offer a range of cybersecurity solutions tailored to the forecourt sector. Specifically, these include:<\/p>\n