Thursday, October 22, 2015

Define printer hacking. List steps you can take to secure printers.

Printer hacking is where a person from withing in organization or outside the building can print a document without permission if the network is connected to the internet.

Steps you can take to secure your printers-

  1. Place printers in a secure room, not out in the open 
  2. If the printer has a hard disk, destroy it before disposing of the printer at the end of its useful life.
  3. encrypt documents before sending them to the printer using a secured network.
  4. restrict users through the use of sign-in procedures, passwords, and types of documents they are allowed to print.
  5. Use a printer program to track and report the types of jobs, and keep a record of the users who sent them.
  6. Unplug the printer when it is not in use, or do not connect it to a network.
  7. Update the printer with the latest firmware.

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