The lesson: Printers are devices on the network and they need to be secured as part of a greater cybersecurity strategy.
However, print security is often overlooked by government agencies. According to a June 2016 Center for Digital Government survey, 60 percent of state and local government agencies were not fully prepared against an attack on their print environment.
In October, Government Technology hosted a complementary webinar, featuring Aaron Scantlin, a security analyst at the University of Missouri-Columbia, to educate decision-makers on what the significant threats are to the print environment, why print security is often overlooked and how to create awareness.
Learn more in the webinar archive.