This week “smart technology” is taking the spotlight in National Cyber Security Awareness Month and in the media this week sees the long awaited “Back to the Future Day – 21 October 2015“, a movie, created before the invention of the internet, predicted a world of wonders for connected mobile technology.

As organizations continue to understand how to capitalize on the opportunities of rapidly evolving mobile and tablet technology, ensuring data security continues to be the biggest priority and IT challenge.

What to consider?
When selecting a technology partner for secure printing from mobile devices, there are four important factors to consider:

• Requirement for user authentication – employees no longer have to ‘print and sprint’ to collect confidential mobile print jobs. The employee authenticates from their mobile device and then with a PIN code, password or ID badge to retrieve print jobs at the nearest printer.
• Print policy controls to prevent and authorize – prevent security breaches and accidental data loss by enforcing rules based printing according to the organization’s security policy, such as deleting confidential print jobs after a specified time period.
• Compatibility with all BYOD platforms: Apple iOS, Google Android, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft, Blackberry – ensure every mobile device is secured by the organization’s security policy.
• Monitoring and tracking capabilities – mobile printing is tracked by user and guest printing activities can also be reported. Detailed reports regarding mobile printing trends can be automatically generated and sent to business and IT management.

What solutions are available?
FollowMe by Ringdale is trusted by global leaders in banking, health and government organizations to prevent data interception and to protect sensitive customer, employee and organizational information.

For further information on FollowMe by Ringdale visit www.followme.ringdale.com