Xerox teams up with McAfee
Xerox and McAfee have commissioned a new survey which reveals that more than half (54 per cent) of employees say they don’t always follow their company’s IT security policies (33 per cent) or aren’t even aware of the policies (21 per cent), leaving the security of customer credit cardnumbers, financial reports, and HR and tax documents at risk.
To address this concern, Xerox and McAfee are teaming up to design a security system to help companies protect against threats to this confidential data. By integrating embedded McAfee software into Xerox technology, the two companies plan to use a white listing method that allows only approved files to run, offering significantly more protection than traditional blacklisting tactics, where a user has to be aware of and proactively block viruses, spyware and other malicious software. Additionally, the solution provides an audit trail to track and investigate the time and origin of security events, and take action on them.
"With more than 50,000 new security threats emerging each day, protecting sensitive company information can be intimidating for IT managers, especially when you consider that any device sitting on the network, from a PC to a fax machine, can be exposed to those threats. This partnership will work to ensure those devices are secure and company information is protected," said Rick Dastin, President, Enterprise Business Group, Xerox Corporation.
"The threat landscape has evolved to include devices that when originally designed, were never considered a security threat. Now we are seeing the need for security on devices like MFPs to protect confidential and proprietary data, which, if lost or stolen, could negatively impact a company and its employees. The partnership between McAfee and Xerox embeds security into the device for better protection," said Tom Moore, Vice-President - Embedded Sales, McAfee.
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