NIST guidance matches cybersecurity tools to needs of hospitality sector

A new three-part guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offers how-to advice on securing hospitality organizations’ property management systems, seen as an “attractive target for attackers because it serves as the information technology (IT) operations and data management hub of a hotel.”

According to NIST, “In recent years criminals and other attackers have compromised the networks of several major hotel chains, exposing the information of hundreds of millions of guests. Breaches like these can result in huge...