Printers can contain sensitive information, or can be an entry point for hackers. It’s imperative that law firms shield printers against hackers, Judy Selby, managing director in BDO Consulting’s technology advisory services practice, said.

“Today’s printers pose a variety of security threats for law firms,” Selby, a former partner at Baker Hostetler and co-chair of the firm’s information governance team, said to Legaltech News via email. “(M)odern multifunction printers, or MFPS, like all other devices on the enterprise’s network, are endpoints (like PCs) that must be protected.”