Neglected print infrastructure: secure your digital gold!

Cybercriminals often take the path of least resistance and exploit vulnerabilities within IT systems. Hackers look for the weakest link through which they can gain access to corporate data. The often neglected scanning and printing systems are therefore an easy target and offer criminals a gateway to the corporate network.

A constant danger

The Quocirca report "Print Security Landscape, 2022" paints an alarming picture: more than two-thirds of the IT decision-makers surveyed have suffered a data loss in the past year due to an inadequately protected print infrastructure.

Help from specialist:inside

Today, a large part of the work of an IT department consists of ensuring the security of the systems. To do this as efficiently as possible, close cooperation with manufacturers and service providers is necessary. In this way, vulnerabilities can be identified at an early stage and a technological ecosystem can be built up that protects against security risks. Canon offers comprehensive options to help companies ensure greater security within their print infrastructure:

• Security by Design: Canon focuses on security not only after delivery, but also during the design and development phase. The hardware is tested by independent security consultants at various stages of the development process to eliminate potential vulnerabilities before production.
• Security Services: Canon Security Services helps customers maintain a secure working environment and protect data throughout its lifecycle - from securely configuring new and existing systems, to monitoring established settings and policies - to permanently removing digital and physical data from legacy devices.
• McAfee - Embedded Control: Through its alliance with security vendor McAfee, Canon can provide customers with far-reaching protection by preserving the integrity of printer firmware, blocking unauthorized applications in the system through intelligent whitelisting.
• In-house software: Thanks to in-house software solutions, the security aspects of software and hardware can be optimally coordinated with one another can be optimally coordinated. User authentication at the devices and IRM (Information Rights Management) security protocols are ways to secure the infrastructure.

Canon's hardware products combined with its software solutions make businesses much less attractive to data thieves. That's because the security aspect is always in focus - from the built-in protection against cyber risks in our hardware and software to the way we design, implement and deliver solutions. That's part of the reason Quocirca has recognized Canon as an industry leader in print and document security. Author: Samuel Brehmer, Strategic Business Developer, Canon (Switzerland) AG. Contact details: Canon (Switzerland) AG Richtistrasse 9 8304 Wallisellen T 0848 833 835 info@canon.ch www.canon.ch

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