Preventing Security Breaches in the Digital Workplace: New Canon Survey Reveals Critical Gaps in Companies' Cybersecurity Agendas
MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- While digital transformation helps companies work smarter, there is a risk that the ongoing digitization may unlock a host of security vulnerabilities that can cost companies money, time, intellectual property, and customer trust. In its latest Office of the Future survey, released today, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, finds that all organizations surveyed across a range of verticals experienced an alarming amount of cyber threats over the past year.
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In its mission to take a holistic approach to security - from the device level to cybersecurity practices - Canon explores the top cyber threats based on the survey and offers insight as to how Canon products and solutions can help companies proactively protect themselves to work to close critical gaps in their cybersecurity agendas.*
Conducted by global tech market advisory firm ABI Research**, the survey of more than one thousand U.S. IT professionals reveals three, pertinent cybersecurity threats:
-- Malware and Ransomware: More than one-third of respondents consider
malware and ransomware a first priority threat. Yet, 25% of respondents
say that employees have limited to no security awareness, nor do they
understand their role in prevention.Canon and McAfee design engineers
recently joined forces and worked collaboratively to implement McAfee
Embedded Control as a standard built-in security component(1) on Canon
third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE third edition solutions. The
feature, once enabled, helps protect against zero-day and advanced
persistent threat (APT) attacks by blocking the execution of
unauthorized applications through intelligent whitelisting. This helps
reduce the risk posed by sophisticated malware and alleviate some
concern among companies to leave less room for worry and more for
productivity.
-- Compromised Devices: In today's digital age, and with remote working
trends on the rise, 21% of surveyed IT decision-makers rate compromised
devices as a priority threat. Respondents then rank data security,
network security, and user authentication & ID management as the top
three most relevant technologies to help counteract this threat.In
addition to the benefits from its recent integration with one of the
most prominent device-to-cloud cybersecurity companies, McAfee, and in
accordance with its philosophy that 'Together is Power', Canon continues
to take measures to help users tackle the many different potential
target areas of compromise. This includes helping to protect the
imageRUNNER ADVANCE MFP hard drive with a number of optional encryption
and overwrite features, offering authentication and Secure Print release
functions via the company's flagship print management solution uniFLOW,
as well as the inclusion of SIEM integration capability(2) in the latest
imageRUNNER ADVANCE lineup.
-- Social Engineering: The human factor is a persistent threat. In fact,
survey respondents consider malicious insiders (30%) and human error
(25%) to be the two top threat sources.As employees may not always
understand, or be aware, as to what is a pervasive threat, Canon, in
addition to its flagship uniFLOW offering, works with two notable third
parties in order to help employees share information outside of their
organization: cloud content and email management solutions Box(®) and
mxHero(TM).( 3) Further, Canon marries its advanced technology like
predictive maintenance with the strength and skills of our channel
partners and service providers through ongoing training and support to
help provide a comprehensive solution to customers.
Survey results include additional gaps, such as lack of appropriate cybersecurity spend across certain verticals; however, it also indicates hope, with nearly 25% of those surveyed stating that they are looking to increase investments in the key growth area of cloud security in the future.
For more information on the findings from Canon's latest Office of the Future survey, visit https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/OOTF.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2018(**) and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2019. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
(**)Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(*)Canon products offer certain security features, yet many variables can impact the security of your devices and data. Canon does not warrant that use of its features will prevent security issues. Some security features may impact functionality/performance; you may want to test these settings in your environment.
**ABI Research collected the data from 1,015 respondents through an online survey conducted in April 2019. Respondents included IT decision-makers at the manager-, director- or C-level, from a full spectrum of U.S. companies, ranging from 500 to 5,000 employees, across multiple industries including Financial, Retail, Government, Manufacturing, e-Commerce, and Media, among others. The survey included 20 questions comprised of Likert-type, rating scale, rank order, and multiple-choice questions with additional options for open-ended answers.
Nothing herein should be construed as legal or regulatory advice concerning applicable laws; customers must have their own qualified counsel determine the feasibility of a solution as it relates to regulatory and statutory compliance.
(1)McAfee Embedded Control is supported only on imageRUNNER ADVANCE 3(rd) edition models. Existing 3(rd) edition models in the field will support McAfee Embedded Control once the device firmware is updated to Unified Firmware Platform (UFO) v3.9.
(2) Separate purchase of Security Information Event Management (SIEM) required, Canon cannot ensure compatibility with all SIEM systems. Subject to third party SIEM system terms and conditions. Neither Canon Inc. nor Canon U.S.A., Inc. represents or warrants any third-party product or feature referenced hereunder.
(3)Canon U.S.A., Inc., through its subsidiary Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. (CIIS), has a strategic partnership with Box and mxHero. Box and mxHero are third-party cloud services, and a separate subscription to both is required. Users will be subject to Box and mxHero terms, conditions and warranties. Neither Canon Inc. nor Canon U.S.A., Inc. represents or warrants any third-party product, service or feature referenced hereunder.
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