Print Security: Seeing and Managing your Multi-function Printers as Full-fledged Endpoints on your Network.
Given that most organizations have already made endpoint security a priority, Aberdeen’s research helps to make the case for why they should expand their thinking about “endpoints” to include printers and print services. Modern multifunction printers (MFPs) are in fact full-fledged endpoints on your organization’s network, with all of the usual categories for endpoint-related security vulnerabilities and exploits (including network, platform, OS, applications, identities, and data) that need to be monitored and managed.
How does your Printer Security Stack Up?
Are You A Cyber Target?
Printer security is about minimizing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Cybercriminals look for easy targets to breach to gain access to company networks. Most company networks are data-rich with employee information, customer data, marketing and sales information, and company strategies--just the material cyberthieves are looking for! Companies with vulnerable networks are the primary targets for penetration. Printers tend to receive the least attention from IT specialists and are often the most vulnerable entry point for thieves to exploit. How does your business compare with industry leaders who implement best practices for printer security?
ABERDEEN Printer Security Assessment
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