ARTICLE
SECURE YOUR
TRANSITION TO
A HYBRID WORKFORCE
HOW ORGANIZATIONS ARE KEEPING UP WITH
CHANGES IN THE WORKFORCE
Organizations are quickly recalibrating their approach to hybrid work. This is a key driver in the adoption of new platforms and processes, which enable remote and on-site employees to collaborate seamlessly and securely.
Despite the push towards digitization, many paper-based work?ows remain essential. This is especially true for employees in departments such as HR and ?nance, where high-volume, paper-based business processes continue to be the norm.
Much of this hinges on the capability of organizations' hardware. Endpoint devices, such as printers,
can help employees stay connected and collaborate through cloud printing. Doing so can help daily operations run smoothly and improves workforce performance.
NEW PRIORITIES FOR
THE NO NORMAL
But before implementing such plans, organizations must ?rst turn their attention to security the number one priority in a business landscape de?ned by constant, unpredictable changes. To thrive,
businesses need to ensure that their employees are ready and able to do their best work from anywhere, without compromising on security.
For IT, this means building the capacity to monitor employees'
activities and the health of their devices, while ensuring that security policies are enforced on all devices across the network - regardless of location.
At the same time, IT also needs to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. As organizations make the transition to hybrid work, they must ensure that their endpoints - especially printers - remain protected at all times.
PRINT SECURITY SHOULD
NOT BE OVERLOOKED
And it is clear why. Printers make for attractive attack vectors as they are attached to the corporate network and accessed by numerous users. Additionally, printers are often not included in threat monitoring systems, and rely exclusively on the manufacturer to build security into the printer's hardware and ?rmware.
One possible route of attack involves infecting a printer with malware when an unwitting user prints a document with malicious code. Successfully breaching one printer means they can potentially move throughout an organization's network and siphon o? sensitive data without detection. Because printer alert logs are rarely integrated with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
software, these attacks can avoid detection for long periods.
Managing these threats, minimizing work?ow disruptions, and ensuring seamless, secure collaboration across their hybrid
