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Toshiba multifunction peripheral provides security to your business

By Alice Kok | 31 October 2008

In the recent years, the number of cyber attacks has risen tremendously. These attacks have caused many chief security officers to lose sleep. In view of these attacks, it is of utmost importance to conduct regular updates of virus patches, definitions and Operating Systems security patches. It has now become a daily affair to keep our Anti-Virus, Security software and Operating Systems patches up-to date to prevent any cyber attacks on our Information Systems.

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Information Security has become important to counter not only viruses, but also to protect an organisation from any cyber threat, be it from an internal or an external source. It is also the enemy within that is now prompting IT personnel to ramp up security efforts. According to research companies, the majority of security breaches involve internal employees, with some estimates to as high as 85 percent. Inadvertent employee error, laptop theft, contractors’ unauthorised access to information, disgruntled employees, password mismanagement – all of these factors can mean drastic revenue loss, legal liabilities, diminished productivity and brand erosion.

With these top internal security threats– how can we avoid them?

Toshiba is proud to introduce the all new e-STUDIO Colour Multifunction Peripherals (MFPs) with full scale security enforcement to safeguard data and information stored inside the MFP. These new MFPs have build-in security encryptions; enhance Access Controls, hard copies security, network security and also data deletion.

The new Toshiba e-STUDIO 2820C/3520C/4520C/5520C/6520C/6530C Colour MFP encompass 128-bit Advance Encryption Standard or AES as standard build-in encryption software to encrypt data within the hard-disk. This encryption standard prevents any unauthorised person from gaining access to the stored data. The MFPs of today are truly multi-functional and having people use the document storing ability, it is not a wonder to think about protecting these valuable data from landing onto the wrong hands. Such powerful encryption tool build into the Toshiba e-STUDIO MFPs allows user to work on the 201 boxes for storing and 12,060 templates for use. These tools provide an endless peace of mind. For even greater security, one can even consider strengthening the MFP data security with the Data Overwrite Enabler to erase printed, copied, faxed and scanned data that are temporary stored inside it.

These new color MFPs from Toshiba has in-build Hardcopy Security that prevents illegal copying. When an unauthorised person copies an original document, an invisible security watermark will appear on the printed page. Toshiba’s renowned simplicity of use is truly remarkable as with a simple check in the printer driver is all that is needed for a user to enable this function. Furthermore, it is fully editable for users to create new hardcopy messages, strings and text patterns too. The new Toshiba e-STUDIO Color MFPs has enhance Role-Base Access Controls to enable legitimate users or to prevent unauthorized access to the MFP. Last but not least, these new MFPs are truly network secured with IPSec, IP filtering, MAC address filtering and 802.1x for wireless authentication.

The new Toshiba e-STUDIO 2820C/3520C/4520C/5520C/6520C/6530C Color MFP is truly what an MFP should be made of - High Quality Performance, Greater Productivity, Simplicity, Solid Security, Comprehensive Management, Eco-efficiency and Integration Ready.

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Advanced Encryption Standard