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PRINT SECURITY
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Secure MPS
In December last year, the company
announced it had redesigned HP Managed
Print Services to help protect corporate
print environments against cyber-attacks.
New HP Secure MPS capabilities
include advanced security professional
services, software solutions and expanded
core delivery capabilities for customers’
multi-vendor print fleets. In addition, HP
announced the pre-configuring of HP print
devices for security.
“Networked printers can no longer
be overlooked in the wake of weakening
firewalls to the growing sophistication
and volume of cyber-attacks,” said Ed
Wingate VP & GM, JetAdvantage Solutions
at HP, Inc. “That’s why HP has established
a new benchmark in managed print
services, infusing security best practices
into everything that we do to enable
our customers to stay on top of growing
endpoint security challenges.”
Reduced burden on IT
HP added new implementation and
professional services to HP Secure MPS so
that companies can outsource and improve
their security profile while saving valuable
IT resources.
The new services and capabilities
include:
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Print Security Implementation
Service:
HP will provide its own
specialised security support technicians to
implement corporate print security plans.
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Print Security Advisory Retainer
Service:
HP’s credentialed security
advisors will deliver ongoing security
expertise, risk profile updates and support
to evaluate security plans on a regular
basis and provide ad hoc support for
compliance audits.
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Print Security Governance
& Compliance:
HP will help meet
compliance via new remote management
of security settings as well as monitor the
print fleet for potential issues and supply
proof of compliance reporting on fleet
security status.
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Increased Training:
HP has invested
to raise the level of security expertise with
MPS employees and HP technical teams
with industry security certifications such as
CompTIA.
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Enhanced Reporting & Reviews:
HP is embedding security into MPS
tracking and reporting processes for
greater visibility to the print fleet status
and to review security best practice
recommendations.
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New Remote Management Tools
& Services:
New tools within HP MPS
software automate security actions such
as firmware updates and password
management, so companies can outsource
tedious IT security actions as part of the
MPS contract.
Pre-configured for security
HP has started to ship printers with
less-secure interfaces closed, requiring
customers to open the ports and protocols
if they are needed when deploying new
printers on their network.
The company is now closing older,
less-maintained interfaces including ports,
protocols and cipher suites as identified
by NIST as less-secure including FTP and
Telnet. With its November FurtureSmart
firmware update, it has improved admin
password and encryption settings for both
new and existing HP Enterprise printers
and MFPs.
HP is also actively working with
software developers to modify their
applications to utilise newer, stronger
interfaces in order to close additional
interfaces in the near future.
Data, device and document security
HP JetAdvantage workflow and printing
solutions have been developed to
streamline crucial business processes and
tasks for enterprise customers leading to
reduced IT workload and costs, improved
employee productivity and enabling users
to print securely.
The latest security enhancements
include: HP Access Control which
provides authentication, authorisation,
and secure pull printing capabilities,
now with improved functionality and
support for SNMPv3, a new card reader
compatible with HIP2 that expands card
type compatibility, and the ability for users
to login and logout with a simple swipe
of a proximity card or smart card. And HP
Capture and Route which makes it easy
to control and track scanned content and
distribute documents with the touch of a
button. New features include support for
LDAP over SSL, data at rest encryption for
scanned data stored on the Capture and
Route server, and MyMessages, allowing
for immediate printing of user messages
and faxes while standing at the MFP.
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Networked
printers can
no longer be
overlooked
in the wake
of weakening
firewalls to
the growing
sophistication
and volume of
cyber-attacks
Data Privacy Day Champion BeecherMadden
insists that with the introduction of GDPR
affecting companies globally, privacy is the
hot topic for 2017.
In a statement the company said: Predictions
are that an additional 75,000 data privacy jobs will
be created in the UK, as a result of the legislation.
These individuals do not currently exist and with
the skills gap in cyber security already creating a
problem, this shortage is going to add pressure to
the industry.
Candidates who currently work within data
privacy, move less often than their counterparts
in security. They can also command huge salary
increases to move, due to the high demand they find
themselves in. Companies need to consider training
new individuals in the knowledge and skills required
to fulfil these new positions. Privacy encompasses
physical and cyber security and this is a good
opportunity for companies to bring these functions
closer together.
Skills gap in cyber security
