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How Your Printers Might Be Putting You at Regulatory Risk

Think about this scenario: a bank teller prints off some customer documents before closing. The printer is close by, in fact, it's just down the hall. But by the time you walk over to pick them up, the papers are already in the output tray. Anyone walking by that printer would be able to see them. Nothing was hacked, and no system failed. But the customer's sensitive information was open for all to see. This [...]

How Print Security Can Protect Your Business from Data Breaches

When was the last time you considered your printer a potential security risk? Most businesses focus on the security of their servers, endpoints, and cloud applications, and for good reason. But printers store data, connect to your network, and handle some of your most sensitive documents. They have hard drives, memory, and network access, which means they're computers in their own right. Yet they rarely receive the same level of security as the rest of [...]