BI.Zone has protected applications for KFC guests

2021: Analysis of the security of mobile applications and KFC self-service kiosks

BI.ZONE announced on April 15, 2021 that it had conducted an analysis of the security of official applications for mobile devices and self-service kiosks of the KFC network.

In particular, BI.ZONE specialists conducted a security analysis, software with the help of which KFC guests make orders and learn information about new offers. The project investigated applications for self-service kiosks and mobile devices under the control operating systems Android of and. In iOS the process, experts simulated various scenarios for the actions of a potential attacker and developed proposals to increase the level of cyber stability of the customer.

"The number of guests using our mobile food ordering apps is over 2.7 million. Through self-service kiosks we receive approximately 333,333 orders per day. We focus on protecting our direct channels of interaction with the guest, because the security of these thousands of people depends on it, "said Volters Malta Hermann Wilters (Malte Wolters), Director of Information Technology and Digital Services of Yam Restaurants Rasha, managing the KFC restaurant chain in Russia. - As part of the project, BI.ZONE experts identified the most likely areas of attack and made recommendations to eliminate vulnerabilities not only in the infrastructure itself, but also at the level of business processes. "

"Mobile applications still remain one of the most vulnerable systems in most companies. Our practice shows that 79% of smartphone software (data for 2020) have medium and low levels of security, "said Yevgeny Voloshin, director of the BI.ZONE. expert services unit. "Therefore, we are pleased to cooperate with one of the major catering chains that really cares about protecting the data of its guests."