A relatively silent revolution has been taking place for the last couple of years: the simple printer has become much smarter, accelerated by the integration of copiers and printers into digital-copiers or multi-functional-printers.

While security has been focused on networks, servers, PC and mobile, the storage revolution of printing units has stayed relatively unnoticed in many organizations. The risk of data breaches has increased considerably in smart printer/copiers. Much smarter means also more data storage. They can copy, print, scan, fax, email and store this information, make network connections, and identify users. Thus, a lot of valuable data is stored on their hard drives, NVRAM, and SD-cards which can be directly extracted, or stolen by remote access.

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