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Simon Riley,
Sales Director,
Direct-tec
:
“I believe data is being targeted all the
time, we only need to look in the papers
or watch the news, to see that even at the
highest levels, security is being breached
in governments all over the world, so large
organisations need to be aware.
“This will be an issue for all companies
and with hackers becoming more and
more creative, we all need to keep up with
the latest security software and hardware.
This has been an issue for years, and many
organisations initially tried to ignore it, in
my opinion.”
Julian Stafford,
Managing Director,
Midshire Business Systems Northern
Ltd
:
“Companies absolutely need to do
more. Even when the facts of cybercrime
are laid bare in front of them, they still
choose to ignore it.
“Cybercrime is typically seen as
something that happens to ‘someone else’
– people read about it in the paper, or see
it on the news and think it won’t happen
to them – until it does.”
Scott Walker,
Head of MPS Business
Development,
ZenOffice
:
“In my
experience, a lot of technology/software
providers can put the tools in place to help
businesses be more secure with their data.
However, companies need to do more.
“As an example, Xerox devices come
with MacAfee as standard, and secure
print tools for customers to only output
print jobs when they actually go to the
device and release them. But, a lot of
companies are not using these tools. How
much information do we leave on printers
without it being collected or which is
simply thrown in the bin? It’s a problem
easily solved if they go down the digital
route.”
Matt Goodall,
Service Director,
Office
Evolution
:
“Without a shadow of a
doubt, companies need to do more to
secure data. We still regularly see open
wireless networks or those with standard
manufacturers’ passwords set, this leaves
their company and data open to the
outside world.
“We have even come across servers
that have been professionally installed
with a user name of ‘Administrator’ and
a password of ‘Password’ and so in many
cases, the cause of data theft can be traced
to simple security practices not being
followed.”
Grant Howard,
Head of Document
Solutions Delivery,
Annodata
:
“A
rising number of data breaches has led
to increased risk awareness amongst
businesses, and the imminently
approaching General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) has meant that data
protection has started to rise higher on the
business agenda.
“But there is still a lot more to be
done on this front as some areas are still
neglected, such as print infrastructure,
due to businesses’ IT department not
being aware, or being made aware, of the
vulnerabilities being introduced through
the print hardware.”
Mark Smyth,
Operations Director,
Vision
:
“It’s certainly an area that is receiving
more focus from clients and especially
given the new GDPR legislation that will
impact organisations in May 2018. The
penalty for specific breaches is four per
cent of an organisation’s revenue or £20
million, whatever is the greater, so this
should be the wake up some organisations
with less focus require.”
Steve Small,
Managing Director,
DMS
Reprographics
:
“Data security is
becoming more and more of a ‘hot topic’
of which organisations – particularly
our education clients – are increasingly
aware. The new accountability principle in
the GDPR from the ICO, is firmly placing
responsibility with businesses to protect
data. The ICO advises that companies
implement a data protection impact
assessment, particularly when using new
technologies. Companies need to continue
to do more to minimise the threats by
implementing strict data policies and
utilising tools that are available to them.”
Clive Hamilton,
Group Managing
Director,
Pinnacle Complete Office
Solutions
:
“Yes definitely I think it has
moved up the agenda, our customers are
more engaged in discussions around this,
we even hosted an event on cyber security
last year, but there is still a way to go.
“Companies and individuals need
to put into place robust safeguards to
protect their data as criminals become
more sophisticated and target all sizes
of industry. Furthermore with GDPR
coming into force next year, we fully
expect that businesses this year will look
to have security pushed even higher on
the agenda, in some cases appointing a
security officer, especially with the potential
That statistic
encapsulates
just how
common place
data breaches
have become
in business
today
Printers can represent a significant weakness in IT security, they are
just as susceptible to data security breaches as PCs, but are companies
doing enough to mitigate the risk?
Is print the
weakest link in
the security chain?
PITR:
According to a Ponemon Institute report (August 2016), 76 per
cent of IT practitioners say their organisation has experienced the loss
or theft of company data over the past two years. Is minimising the risk
of a data breach much higher up on the business agenda now, or do
companies still need to do more?
Toni Gibiino,
Marketing Director,
RDT Office Solutions
