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Multi-functional printers use large amounts of storage capacity and are host to data that is subject to legal and regulatory compliance, says Vigitrust’s Mathieu Gorge

Today’s printers and multi-functional devices can have hard drives the size of recent-spec laptops. As conduits for corporate information being printed, faxed etc they retain data subject to legal and regulatory compliance, such as the Data Protection Act and PCI-DSS.

Not only that, but printers and multi-functional devices can be a target for malicious employees and hackers and security has to be considered as it would for any device with on-board storage in your environment.

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