{"id":20901,"date":"2012-11-27T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T23:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T19:36:32","slug":"protecting-print-devices-from-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/protecting-print-devices-from-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Print Devices from Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Protecting<\/a>Printer\/copier firm Xerox <\/strong>and anti-malware firm McAfee<\/strong> revealed new protection against malware and viruses<\/strong> with the first networked multifunction printer<\/strong> to use McAfee Embedded Control software<\/a>, a filtering method that allows only approved programs<\/strong> to get through to protect print devices from malware.<\/p>\n

\"Xerox,<\/a>Tom Moore, vice president, Embedded Security<\/strong>, McAfee told Help Net Security<\/em> in a recent article,<\/a> \u201cWhen a multifunction device receives data and processes it for printing, copying, scanning or faxing, it becomes susceptible to malware attacks a susceptibility that often is overlooked.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The Xerox and McAfee security solution simplifies processes for IT administrators with software embedded into a multifunction device\u2019s controller to give an immediate alert and audit trail to track and investigate the time and origin of security threats \u2013 and take action. The blog says this eliminates the need for IT administrators to constantly stay on top of malware threats and proactively block them.<\/p>\n

\"networkedSurvey data from Xerox<\/a> (XRX<\/a>) and McAfee<\/a> underscores the need for embedded security in networked printers and multifunction devices. In a poll of office workers taken earlier this year: 33% say they either don\u2019t always follow their company\u2019s IT security policies; 21% aren\u2019t aware of the company\u2019s IT security policies.<\/p>\n

The survey also showed 39% of employees who copy, scan or print confidential information at work say they wonder whether information like customer credit card numbers, financial reports, human resources, and tax documents will remain secure on networked a device.<\/p>\n

\u201cIT administrators \"Self<\/a>don\u2019t always consider printers as a threat \u2013 and with the Embedded Control software, we\u2019ve put up even more defenses in our products so they don\u2019t have to,<\/em>\u201d said Rick Dastin, president, Xerox Office, and Solutions Business Group.<\/p>\n

Xerox devices protected and managed by McAfee Embedded Control and McAfee Embedded Management software will become available beginning in 2013, with products in the Xerox WorkCentre<\/a> and ColorQube<\/a> product lines.<\/p>\n

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Finally, some tangible results from\u00a0Intel<\/a>‘s (INTC<\/a>) acquisition of McAfee. We use McAfee where I manage shared technical services, and just we just rolled out version 8.8 which says Intel on it.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have covered the risks of putting multifunction devices on your network here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and<\/a> here<\/a>. This is not what I expected, maybe this is the first evolution before Intel builds McAfee anti-virus into a chip that goes on the mainboard or even right into the processor as a way to protect print devices from malware.
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