Processor Editorial Article - My Printer Was Hacked? 2/23/2007 - The Diigo Meta page

• 28 Sep 07
  

  Wisely

  cybercrime printers

  • Recognizing the growing threats from peripheral devices, new solutions are emerging on the market that allow organizations granular control over both ports and devices, including USB and parallel ports. Solutions such as DeviceLock (www.devicelock.com), SecureWave’s Sanctuary Device Control (www.Processor.com/SecureWave), and ControlGuard’s Endpoint Access Manager (www.Processor.com/ControlGuard) will shadow all data sent or received by the devices along with detailed information about who and when is connecting to the device. This means administrators can fully audit the use and find out if confidential documents are being copied, printed, scanned, or faxed and by whom.
  • Checklist
    
    Here is a list of things you can do to decrease the risks associated with printers, all-in-one office machine devices, and PABX (private automatic branch exchange) systems. Here is a list of things you can do to decrease the risks associated with printers, all-in-one office machine devices, and PABX (private automatic branch exchange) systems.

    • Set up devices to only communicate with print servers.
    
    • Change all default administrative passwords.
    
    • Turn off unused services and features.
    
    • Check the logs regularly to make it easier to identify circumspect activity.

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