Security and Integrity, the VRP Tradition

From the very beginning of commerce, loss prevention has been a primary concern for the businessman. Thousands of years ago, it was the physically stronger man who was feared. Thievery was facilitated by barbarism, and an even stronger man was enlisted to secure the wares of the lone businessman. Today, the vital blood of a rapid, high-volume retail environment is the byte-stream of information which crisscrosses the world in milliseconds. The contemporary thief attempts to intercept this information and, if successful, he is then capable of wresting money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting patrons, into his control. Security countermeasures are developed in parallel to the schemes of thieves in an ever evolving game of virtual cat-and-mouse. And, at the end of the first decade of the Twenty-first century, an increasingly popular focal point at which criminals seek to obtain debit and credit card information, is weak and poorly implemented point of sale retail software. But, for today's retailer, there is a hope.

With a high-quality and robust implementation of POS security, the ingenious software developers at VRP have constructed a POS system which is impenetrable by any currently known threat. First and foremost, like any reputable point of sale retail software, VRP is certified as PCI compliant. Secondly, among the most damaging threats to business security is that of the malicious insider. To mitigate this threat, the administrator who utilizes VRP, can define an essentially unlimited number of security roles for employee system access. Permissions may be defined in minute detail, allowing a given user/role to execute a particular function while disallowing another. In the event that a user attempts to access functionality for which they have not been granted permission, the VRP security module generates a violation report to be reviewed by the administrator. Furthermore, the VRP point of sale retail software supports intelligent recognition and capture of illegitimate user behavior. The administrator is notified and then deals with said threat before significant damage is sustained.

Maintaining a secure environment for conducting business is only half the picture when developing a top notch point of sale retail software. Security is pointless if a retailer has no data to protect. And, merely possessing data in a crudely organized fashion is of little practical use. The VRP solution brings to the retailer a plethora of customizable reporting tools and numerous methods for entering and reviewing data, maximizing efficiency and minimizing headaches. VRP's reports page boasts an impressive ninety different types of uniquely useful reports which summarize attributes ranging from inventory status to commission reports, weekly supply to employee attendance, busy hours, profit, comparison amongst stores, pay in and pay out, transaction summaries, purchases versus sales, layaways, zip code tracking, associations amongst items sold, purchase orders, transfers and many more. With dozens of traditional and exotic reporting tools, the retailer who leverages the power of VRP's point of sale retail and inventory management software, is now capable of carrying out sophisticated analysis with remarkable ease. Having clear visualization of critical data, he develops an intuitive understanding of business dynamics. The retailer is poised to become an economic leader in his segment; he becomes the strongest man.