Using smart cards to secure computer login, emails, encrypt files and access networks is becoming commonplace. But a serious hole exists in the network security if output such as scanning and printing is not secured as well.
“It’s the weakest link in terms of security,” says Enrique Barkey, worldwide director of the public sector at Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Palo Alto, Calif.
This fact, coupled with the U.S. Department of Defense wanting a way to better secure its multi-function printers, led the printing giant and Fremont, Calif.-based ActivIdentity Inc. to come up with a solution that enabled the Common Access Card to be used to authenticate individuals before they could scan documents. Eventually the products also may be used to authenticate individuals before they print documents as well.
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