NIST outlines guidance for security of copiers, scanners

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http://gcn.com/articles/2015/02/25/nist-replication-device-security.aspx

By GCN Staff
Feb 25, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced its internal 
report 8023: Risk Management for Replication Devices is now available.

The guidance covers protecting the information processed, stored or 
transmitted on replication devices (RDs), which are devices that copy, 
print or scan documents, images or objects. Because today’s RDs have the 
characteristics of computing devices (storage, operating systems, CPUs and 
networking) they are vulnerable to a number of exploits, NIST said.

Among the threats to RDs are:

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