4 steps for secure printing
April 15, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Solutions
Printing poses a variety of security risks, whether it’s the theft of digital data on the printer’s hard drive or paper printouts falling into the wrong hands.
Here are some ways to keep both digital and physical documents secure during the printing process, from a story in eWeek:
- Require authentication: In departments that regularly print confidential documents, consider getting a printer that requires a user to enter a password into the machine before it prints. Other models use swipe cards, or even biometric fingerprint readers.
- Overwrite data: If your device prints off its own disk, you can probably set it to erase the disk after every job.
- Check the OS: Some printers use a proprietary operating system, making them relatively safe from virus attacks. But others use a common OS and are therefore vulnerable. Find out what’s on your devices and plan accordingly.
- Print from memory: It takes a little longer, but some printers let you bypass the hard disk and print straight from RAM. Or, buy a model without a hard disk — that’s an option you may not even need.
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