The freedom to focus on innovating for tomorrow, without losing sleep over security today
When it comes to cybersecurity, a printer can often be overlooked.But this is a serious mistake. Last year, 60%* of businesses in Europe and the USA reported suffering a data breach due to insecure printing. If left unsecured, an MFP can be a serious threat, since it is simultaneously connected to the internal network as well as the internet. This creates a vector through which cyber-criminals can infiltrate your private network.
And the threat level is rising. Despite being a smaller market, Canada had the third most cyber incidents in the world last year!2
In the face of this danger, it’s more important than ever to secure every part of your IT ecosystem - especially your MFP.
We apply CIA to all our devices and processes. We don’t fall into the trap of thinking of security as a stand-alone topic. It’s integral to everything we do, and is part of every product and service by design. Ultimately, this gives you the freedom to innovate and operate at the speed you choose, without having to worry about how data is secured.
*Quocirca Enterprise MPS Study, 2017. Data set: 240 organizations of 500+ employees from UK, France, Germany and USA across various industries.
2 [Source: IT World, "Canada is a prime target for for cybersecurity attacks in 2019", Jan 16, 2019] Designed for Tomorrow - 5
At Ricoh, we’ve always been aware of the risks, and we’re committed to helping customers avoid them.We operate on the basis of our CIA principle:
Confidentiality – Access to information and documents must be restricted to trusted people only. This reduces the risk they will fall into the wrong hands.
Integrity – It’s vital to maintain the integrity of documents as they pass through the management system. This means locking documents in transit or storage so they can’t be edited by unauthorized individuals.
Availability – Security doesn’t mean inaccessibility. You need to be able to reach the documents you need whenever, wherever and for as long as required.
Protecting sensitive information
Our new range of devices are in-built with best in class security features. This starts with card authentication, which prevents sensitive documents from being viewed, copied or sent by un authorized users.
We further protect sensitive documents with a secure release feature that restricts access to print output to the document owners only.
Our Data Overwrite Security System (DOSS) is designed to overwrite the areas of the hard drive used for image processing after each printing, copy, scan or fax job.
Maintaining the highest standards
Ricoh offers a broad line of devices that have been certified as conforming to the IEEE2600 security standard.
On top of this, our proprietary Ricoh-only operating system (OS) helps provide control and insulation from OS-specific threats that attack systems using more common machine languages.
A comprehensive range of services wrap around the other layers of security. We work with expert cybersecurity partners to offer consultancy and managed services to assist customers with monitoring, optimizing and managing their document and information security.
Your MFP is secure – even at the end of life
Companies can make the mistake of ignoring the danger presented by MFPs at the end of their life. In this case, out of sight does not mean out of mind.
If a device is not correctly cleaned of sensitive information, this information will still be accessible when the device is thrown away. Whoever obtains the device at the end of its life will also be able to obtain the sensitive information it has stored on it.
But with a Ricoh managed MFP, we provide end-of life services that remove business-critical and other identifiable data to protect customer confidentiality.
We also have a range of end of life services which will ensure that the RAM and HDD of retired customer devices are wiped clean before disposal.
Security that gives the freedom to be productive, instead of hindering it
There’s a myth that security comes at the cost of functionality and productivity.
With Ricoh’s intelligent devices, this isn’t the case. We focus on enabling secure access to data while ensuring that security features don’t hinder business innovation, functionality, or productivity.
As long as we have been producing printers, we’ve been working out how to secure them. It’s part of our DNA.
And with the latest range of intelligent security features, our intelligent MFPs empower you to concentrate on your core business activity, safe in the knowledge that your data will remain secure.