For Hospitality & Restaurants

IT & cyber security for hospitality & restaurants

Hospitality IT fails at the worst possible moment or not at all. Dacros keeps the booking system, the order screens and the payment terminals running, and the guest Wi-Fi away from them.

Built for your sector

Bookings, orders and card payments that hold up on a Friday night.

The groundwork is the same in every sector: security settings switched on from day one, devices and backups monitored, and every change written down. The plan is then sized and priced for a business like yours.

What this sector needs5 points

01 Booking and order systems kept online through service
02 Card terminals and PCI DSS scope handled properly
03 Guest Wi-Fi separated from tills, back office and CCTV
04 Kitchen and front-of-house hardware that survives a real kitchen
05 Staff turnover handled: accounts created on arrival and closed on departure

What we cover

Everything technology touches

One roof, one accountable point of contact. A typical engagement begins with the first two.

01 Managed IT supportCore Helpdesk, monitoring and patching, your email and files looked after and moved to European providers when you are ready, and backups that get tested rather than assumed. 02 Cyber securityCore Reviews, Cyber Essentials readiness, email-fraud protection, multi-factor authentication and backups. 03 Networks and telecoms Business Wi-Fi, firewalls, secure remote access and cloud phone systems.

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The review

Free IT & security review

The free review, done remotely: what you run, what is exposed, and where the risk actually sits, written down. The document is yours regardless of what happens next.

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Sector: Hospitality & Restaurants
On-site: By arrangement
Remote: Across the UK
Cyber Essentials: Not yet held, and labelled as such until it is awarded

Free guides

Helpful reading

Plain-English guides on the IT and security decisions a business actually has to make. No email gate, no download form, no sales call attached.

EU-Sovereign IT for UK Businesses A plain-English guide to where your business data is kept, which law can reach it, and how to run email, files and backups on European providers. 14guides Cyber Security for UK Businesses A plain-English guide to cyber security for UK businesses: the real threats, the essential controls that stop most attacks, and where to get help. 87guides Email Security & Fraud Protection for UK Businesses Protect your business from invoice fraud, phishing and email scams. A plain-English guide to SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BEC and secure email for UK firms. 31guides Managed IT & Cloud Support for UK Businesses A plain-English guide to managed IT, email and files, the cloud, VoIP and scaling technology for UK businesses. Start here, then explore the detail. 65guides Data Protection & UK GDPR for Businesses A plain-English guide to UK GDPR for businesses: ICO registration, lawful basis, SARs, DPIAs, privacy notices, cookies and international data transfers. 30guides

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From the blog

Guides for hospitality & restaurants

Written for this sector rather than for everyone, so the examples and the risks are the ones you will recognise.

Article CCTV and GDPR: Using Cameras Lawfully in Your Business How to use CCTV lawfully under UK GDPR: signage, a clear purpose, sensible retention, handling footage requests, and what the ICO expects of you. Guide IT for Hospitality: A Practical Guide for UK Restaurants and Cafes Practical IT for UK restaurants and cafes: cutting no-shows with online bookings, guest Wi-Fi done safely, taking card payments, and connectivity that keeps you trading. Article Let Customers Book Online: A Simple Guide to Scheduling Tools for Service Businesses Why online booking wins more work for service businesses, what to look for in a scheduling tool, how to keep it secure, and where open-source Cal.com fits in. Article Online Booking for Service Businesses: Cut No-Shows and Save Admin Time How online booking helps UK service businesses reduce no-shows and endless back-and-forth. A plain-English look at what to expect and how to get started. Article Staff Onboarding and Offboarding: Getting IT Access Right as People Join and Leave Giving new staff the right access, and fully removing it when people leave, is a core security job. Here is how UK small businesses can do both cleanly.

Coverage

Where we work

Across the UK, remote first, on site by arrangement.

Leeds Bradford Wakefield Huddersfield Halifax Harrogate York Dewsbury Sheffield Rotherham Barnsley Doncaster Hull Keighley Skipton Ilkley Castleford Pontefract Selby Ripon

Every sector we support

Scope

If it is not business IT

Dacros looks after business technology, so if the machine that needs help is a household or personal one, our sibling practice JorTech handles that kind of repair. If what you are really after is a website or better search visibility rather than IT support, that is our other sibling practice, VerySEOly.

IT & cyber security in Hospitality & Restaurants

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