Personal devices on work networks

[Arthur]

printers are dumb devices there is little to no risk in doing so but that needs approval from higher up

 

Unlocked Doors: A Spiceworks white paper on Printer Security (from: www.hp.com/go/UnlockedDoors)

 

Printers make easy targets: Too many network-connected printers have no restrictions and aren’t securely locked down. But the threat is real, and shouldn’t be ignored. Enterprise-class printers have evolved into powerful, networked devices with the same vulnerabilities as any other endpoint on your network. These typically unsecured entry points offer the very real possibility of cyber attacks; they can also offer access to your company’s financial and private data, leading to very real business consequences.

 

Even so, a recent Spiceworks survey of more than 300 enterprise IT decision makers shows just 16% of respondents think printers are at high risk for a security threat/breach, significantly less than desktops/laptops and mobile devices. This perception has tainted how IT staffs are approaching network security. While nearly three in five organizations have security practices in place for printers, this percentage is well below that for other endpoints—and leaves printers vulnerable, when there are easy solutions to safeguard this particular entry point.

 

This white paper presents data on printer security based on the Spiceworks survey, the impact of security breaches, and some of the modern built-in printer security features designed to protect against cyber attacks.

 

Printer security: Is your company's data really safe?

 

One of the breaches we often see is a man-in-the-middle attack, where they take over a printer and divert [incoming documents] to a laptop before they are printed. They can see everything the CEO is printing. So you must encrypt."

 

Printers now the least-secure things on the internet

 

“The router is no longer the worst device on the Internet. It's now the printer.”

[DavePa]

Fair point - no printing from BYOD then!

[GrumbleDook]

Fair point - no printing from BYOD then!

 

You can do ... some can be email managed so that an emailed document is printed if coming from the right address.

 

It is a case of time and setup needed.

[TechMonkey]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear and we wonder technology in education is failing in most schools....

 

I have 2 primary schools with BYOD programs for mobile devices, I not saying there aren't challenges BUT there are major cost savings primarily in all the IT overheads and complicated processes outlined above. I met another school today who 6 months ago went down iOS and macOS completely not a windows device or (my new phrase) NON interactive whiteboards or Microsoft licensing anywhere in sight.

 

The school have saved over £16,000 on printing, safeguarding systems (they have filtering) and MS Licences in the first six months.

 

Sorry if this appears like a rant but this school I met today is WHY I work in education, you may start to hear more about this absolutely fantastic school in the press shortly.

Can't wait to see the case study and actual figures with TCO. Saving 16,000 while buying apple devices is impressive. Also how no MS licenses being bought is interesting.

 

I hope it actually mentions administration features rather than the usual "this system changed how the school taught" and upon digging you find there is some poor tech slogging his guts out moving CSV files around and manually administrating each user manually.