HP Joins Initiative to Establish Industry-Standard Benchmarks for Printer Security
February 19 2020 - 8:05AM
HP Inc. today announced its commitment to driving more stringent
industry standards for printer security. As part of this
effort, HP has joined the Buyers Lab (BLI) Security Validation
Testing program for MFPs and printers. Today HP unveiled it
was the first OEM to pass the test for device penetration and is
the only OEM to pass the second test for Policy Compliance.
As cybercrime has emerged as a $445 billion problem globally,
printers, PCs and other IoT endpoints have become the frontline of
this battleground. The Buyers Lab Security Validation Testing
program was designed to verify printers that pass through their
program are equipped to combat the increasingly sophisticated
threat landscape.
“Our decision to engage in this testing program is driven by our
desire to help raise the bar for the entire industry,” said Tuan
Tran, President, Imaging, Printing and Solutions business, HP Inc.
“We believe more can and should be done to mitigate security risks.
This is an important step in driving more stringent industry
standards for IoT devices, like printers, and pushing our industry
to a higher standard. We encourage all our industry counterparts to
join in this effort.”
As an inaugural participant of the BLI Security Validation
Testing program, HP has passed the first two rounds of testing and
earned the Security Validation Testing seals for Device Penetration
and Policy Compliance for its HP FutureSmart v4 Enterprise firmware
platform, which is available on HP Enterprise and Managed printers
and MFPs. The Policy Compliance test also validated HP’s ability to
specify desired device security settings, save settings as a
policy, apply the policy across a fleet to help ensure devices
comply, and manage compliance and automated remediation of new or
misconfigured devices.
Programs like this drive higher standards for security and help
establish standards so customers can select the best options for
their desired security posture. HP congratulates the other
OEMs that have also engaged in this program and encourages all
print OEMs to participate in this effort.
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