PRINTITRESELLER.UK 39 across multiple locations without relying on a fixed infrastructure. We support this through cloud-based print management combined with zero trust principles. Access is verified at every stage, based on identity rather than location. Users can print from any device or location, but only within controlled and authenticated environments. Data is encrypted throughout and documents are only released when the user is present at an authorised device. This removes a lot of the risks associated with unmanaged printing in remote settings. It also gives organisations a consistent policy framework. Whether someone is in the office, at home or on the move, the same rules apply. Daniel Gilbert, Managing Director, Key Digital: Applying zero trust everywhere has become a challenge – not just inside the office. We now have to explore within each print job: who’s sending it, what device they’re using, whether the network they’re on is actually safe. That matters when people are printing from home Wi‑Fi, client sites, or even family or friend’s networks, all of which introduce risks you’d never see on a corporate LAN. We can provide the capability to lock down external media like memory sticks, which are still one of the easiest ways for malware to get into a print fleet. Applying least‑privilege access makes sure that users can only print what they’re authorised to in order to avoid device and job has to authenticate before anything happens. Whether someone’s printing from home or scanning from their phone into the cloud, the same rules should apply, secure release, encrypted data paths and clear policy controls. From an IT perspective, that gives consistent visibility and governance, and from a user perspective it just works. The end goal should always be enabling flexible working without loosening security, which is exactly where zero trust fits. Michael Field, Managing Director, Workflo Solutions: Hybrid working changed the attack surface permanently, and our managed service is built for it. We’ve fully embraced zero trust, no user, device, or location is implicitly trusted. Cloud-hosted, identity-based print queues require verified credentials before any job is processed, whether someone is printing from our Edinburgh office, a remote site, or a home broadband connection. Mobile printing is secured end-to-end with device certificates and encrypted transmission. The same governance policies that apply in the office apply everywhere, and full audit logging means customers always have a clear, GDPRcompliant record of every print event, regardless of where it occurred. Lee Manning, CEO, FUTERA: Hybrid working has changed the boundaries of the network. Print now needs to work securely PrintIT Reseller: With hybrid and remote working now firmly established, print environments extend far beyond the traditional office network and zero trust is fast becoming the de facto standard. How are you safeguarding print workflows across home offices, mobile devices and cloud platforms? John Rivett-Carnac, Managing Director, Managed Print Solutions: Print is no longer confined to the office, it’s everywhere. To address this, we focus on cloud print solutions that eliminate reliance on local servers, secure mobile printing with user authentication, zero trust access controls, ensuring every request is verified, and endto-end encryption, regardless of location. Whether a user is printing from home, on a mobile device, or in the office, the same security policies apply. This ensures a consistent, controlled and auditable print environment across all touchpoints. Ryan Green, Digital Services Director, Carbon Group: The way we look at it is that print no longer lives just in a building or on a network, it lives with the user. People are printing and scanning from home offices, shared spaces and mobile devices, so we design security around identity rather than location. We’ve attempted to move our customers away from traditional on‑premise print servers and into secure, cloud‑based platforms where every user, Print has long been overlooked in security strategies, yet networked MFPs are critical endpoints in today’s ever‑expanding threat landscape. With the cyber-attack surface area increasing, are organisations taking printer security seriously and are they really aware of the risks? Is print still the weakest link? Part two VOX POP continued... Ryan Green Daniel Gilbert Michael Field
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