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Are you 'prescribing' 2. Reduced fatigue. Business owners don't have to
work hard to manage security levels and regulatory
the right security compliance, or lose sleep over not managing it. This can
ease fatigue-causing stress.
solution? 3. Long-term healthy lifestyle. Businesses become
"compliance and security fit." Everything runs more
efficiently, without security issues slowing things
By Sandra Higgins down and preventing a business from moving forward.
Sysnet Global Solutions 4. Improved mood. Not having to concentrate on

hen it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, security and compliance can elevate a business owner's
eating the right food, exercising regularly mood – they don't feel guilty about not paying security
and maintaining a positive mindset are key. enough attention, and there's no need to worry about
W However, despite these best intentions and breaches or facing fees from not being PCI compliant.
practices, you still might not get all the nutrients your body
needs for optimal health. To combat this, a doctor might 5. Reduced stress and anxiety. With security matters
suggest taking a daily multivitamin to guarantee the body managed efficiently, businesses have one less thing to
gets all the minerals and vitamins it needs. Makes sense, worry about.
right? Strength in numbers

This same logic can be applied to the importance of Having a fully managed data security solution prescribed
cybersecurity and compliance solutions, especially given by an acquirer also means costs are kept low. Many people
the current business climate and risks associated with buy vitamins in bulk to help share the cost with family or
remote working. Like a doctor prescribing a multivitamin, close friends. By buying security tools at scale, merchants'
acquirers can offer security "prescriptions" to help costs are kept down, too. This means when businesses
merchants maintain business health. The prescription is assess their budgets, they can be sure their compliance and
then deployed by a security software provider that, like security costs are affordable.
a pharmacy, dispenses the multivitamin of data security
services and tools to help keep businesses in good health. When buying a multivitamin, customers typically buy
from reputable brands so they can rely on the quality and
Just what the doctor ordered effectiveness of the daily dose, as reputable multivitamin

With the range of data security and compliance solutions providers undergo meticulous analysis and rigorous
available, like vitamins on pharmacy shelves, smaller quality controls during manufacturing. In the same vein,
businesses can often become overwhelmed by the volume of businesses expect reliable quality from an acquirer's
available tools and may forego sourcing their "medication" prescription.
altogether. Easy to consume
To eliminate merchants' stress in determining their data Multivitamins can provide patients numerous health
security needs, an acquirer can prescribe one solution that benefits, but the biggest benefit is having solutions in one
allows merchants to stay security-fit and prevents them place, which makes it easier to ensure the body gets all
from becoming overwhelmed. That way, merchants don't it needs to stay healthy. When businesses take a security
buy solutions or supplementary add-ons that they don't "multivitamin," they remove stress from compliance and
actually need. security, and provide more time for other pressing tasks.
Benefits of an all-in-one solution If small businesses, in particular, can adopt the habit of
Like with medicine, merchants need to know a prescription's taking a regular multivitamin, a straightforward all-in-
long-term benefits before administering it. With an all- one solution, to address compliance and security, they will
in-one solution, the benefits are vast. In addition to easy be more open to trying other things that may lead to an
compliance with payments standards (like PCI DSS) and evolution of their businesses.
access to appropriate business setup security tools, benefits
of all-in-one solutions that manage merchants' security Sandra Higgins is the chief marketing officer for Sysnet. She joined Sysnet
include: in 2011 as senior vice president of marketing. She is responsible for of
all aspects of Sysnet's corporate marketing strategy, driving a growing
1. Increased energy levels. Business owners have demand for Sysnet's solutions globally. With over 20 years' experience
more time to focus on what matters, giving them more working in the payments industry, she previously held senior marketing
energy to run other areas of the business. roles with both Bank of Ireland Credit Card Services and Elavon Merchant
Services. Contact her at sandra.higgins@sysnetgs.com.
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