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If you’re trying to improve your cybersecurity strategy, ensure you don't overlook your printers. They're often glossed over when business leaders address cybersecurity. This makes them attractive targets for cybercriminals. Businesses should consider printers a vulnerable endpoint of their business network. If you don't, you could risk your business for cyber attacks.

Historically, printers have not been much of a consideration in most organizations’ cyber security strategies. However, that is exactly what has made them an attractive attack method for hackers. In the past, the basic assumption was that a secure firewall was the extent of what is necessary for printer security, but that is no longer sufficient. This is because “the bad guys” know these are soft targets on corporate networks.

When we think of the dangers of "hacking," we often visualize our desktop computers as the victim. As a result, companies and individuals have taken extensive measures to protect this information, and rightfully so. The issue, however, is that as computers remain in the spotlight, sophisticated hackers have found a way to access a far less obvious object, the printer. Within the US, UK, France, and Germany, 60% of businesses have suffered from print-related data breaches within the last year.