Identifying and securing areas of the business you may have never considered a

security risk

On 12 March reforms to the Federal Government’s privacy legislation came into effect.

New privacy laws are now in effect.

The penalties and risks that businesses may be liable: The Federal Government is making

organisations more accountable for protecting data, with the power to impose fines of up to $340,000 for individuals and $1.7 million for companies that fail to take reasonable steps.

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Protecting confidential documents is more critical in business today than ever before.

What has changed?

For more information visit www.oaic.gov.au

Are people concerned about their privacy?

For more information visit www.oaic.gov.au

60% have decided not to deal with

an organisation because of concerns about privacy.

Source: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) 2013 Community Attitudes to Privacy survey

33% of Australians reported that

they had a problem with how their personal information was handled in the previous 12 months.

Source: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) 2013 Community Attitudes to Privacy survey

Source: Woolcott Research “Document & Data Security”

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Document Security – level of Risk Awareness

Document Security – level of Risk Concern

Printer Security – level of Risk Concern

Level of awareness vs risk in a business

What about multifunction printers?

An MFP is a powerful business asset, but left unsecured, MFPs and networked printers remain a critical source of vulnerability.

Potential Security Threats

Unclaimed Output tray

Unauthorised access to the printer or MFP with no trace

Unauthorised changes to settings to gain access.

Hardware Theft

Network sniffing – data from PC and printer

Store thousands of scanned images

Accidental data breaches through printing

Are you at risk?

Quocrica, “Printing: a false sense of security”.

What can you do?

7 steps you can take to help keep your multifunction printer data secure from potential risk.