Script for Data Security (MPS)

Problem:

Today, a printer is 68% more likely to be the source of an external threat or breach than it was in 2016;
it is 118% more likely to be the source of an internal threat or breach.

Are printers really a problem? In a word, yes. In an era where new security threats emerge every hour, a
printer can make for an easy target.

Office printers are not only potential sources of data loss and confidentiality issues, but attack vectors
that hackers can exploit.

What does an under-protected network printer look like? It is not hardened and therefore left wide
open to a wide range of network protocols. It requires no access controls (even setting an admin
password is often overlooked). It allows sensitive documents to be printed without authentication,
where they can languish in the output tray all day. It sends unencrypted data over the network. It runs
outdated firmware, or is not monitored for security threats.

It’s time to harden your print security.

27% of organizations experienced an external printer security threat last year.

Just 30% think printers are at high risk for a security threat/breach. It’s time to get serious about
securing your printers.

However, there is one common blindspot they’re probably not thinking about: networked printers.
Unsecured devices can expose the entire network to a cybersecurity attack.

And it’s not just sophisticated cyber schemes that threaten the print environment. Documents left
unattended in a printer output tray could allow a passerby to quickly scoop up confidential information,
potentially causing compliance violations if customer data is involved.

General Solution: Printers from HP offer security features to keep your data safe and protect your
networks from harm in three main areas: device security, data security, and document security

Introducing Service:

How it works (General):

How it works (Specifically):

Value Proposition:

Call to Action:
Problem: They’ve got no idea I used my phone to hack the OS on that printer over there. And why
would they? Not one printer in this place has built-in malware protection. I can intercept all their print
jobs until I intercept the info I am looking for.

Now I have access to every computer on the network. How, you ask? Well, none of the printers here
automatically monitor for threats, so that “gift certificate” I sent Jenice to print was actually hiding my
malware in the print stream, bypassing the company security. Which means now, I can use the printer to
get around the firewall, and, surprise, access all the unencrypted data and route it to myself.

Because these guys don’t automate their security monitoring, not only I can see every document that
gets printed in this place, I can see all the good stuff hiding in their computer, too.

Tomorrow is a big day for this place. Looks like they’ve got a presentation to their most important client
about a confidential private stock offering.

It’s funny how much stuff people leave in the office, huh? It’s like they want me to take their personal
information.

These folks have no idea that when they come to work in the morning, I’ll not only have helped myself
to their personal identities, but I’ll have gotten hold of their client’s most sensitive financial information.

He was so nervous, he forgot to pick up the key part of the presentation right off the printer. So now, it’s
just sitting here, waiting for anybody with an axe to grind to pick it up and share it with someone like
me. Because the printer does not have a user authentication, it’s easy for print jobs like these to go
unclaimed.

First, I got control to their printers, then I got control to their network. Then I got control of their data.

There are hundreds of millions of business printers in the world. Less than 2% of them are protected.