Quick question: What’s a better investment of IT resources – configuring printers or optimizing cloud strategy? No, it’s not a trick question. Printers often fall into a subconscious category of technology we think should “just work.” In a perfect world, you could refocus your IT efforts and better spend your time elsewhere after initial deployment, because printer vulnerabilities wouldn’t threaten your network, and Office Space would have taken a bat to the water cooler instead.
If you’re wondering who in their right mind spends that much time on a piece of hardware as benign as printers, we have some enlightening information for you. Printers – being the connected devices they are today – fall prey to the same malware infecting the computer on your desk, and they can even distribute it. Knowing this, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that IT managers find themselves frustrated with the prospect of managing the security of an entire fleet of printers. Watch an entertaining video that shows how if you’re not taking your device security seriously, someone else might be.
How can you spend less time securing printers and more time focusing on the glamorous aspects of IT? We have a few suggestions to get you started. Continue reading
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