Office printing Security
In this overview , we focus on printing in the office . Today , most organizations outsource security printing to security printers , and these companies use special paper , specail printing techniques .

Outsourcing has limitations

• They do not handle internal ERP and core business application printing .
• Companies would like to secure specific variable data , not use only static security marks .
• Companies would like to trace and track.
• Companies would like to deter many areas of mischief and malice .

What bad things do people want to do to your printed documents?
Two important points for discussion . One , there is little doubt that people want to do some bad things to your printed documents . Two , all this time , very few managers , CIO's and Finance people are aware that there is no technology to deter these mischevious or malicious intents , and that this can be done within confines of office printing . They include :

Attacking Hardcopy

• Unauthorized Photocopy .
• Attempted Alteration .
• Subsequent presentation of altered information on original document .
• Misrepresentation .
• Outright Fraud.
• Data Leakage , Data Peeking and Unauthorzed collection of information.
  

Protecting Your document can now be done


• On Normal Office Printers - NO SPECIAL PRINTERS .
• On Normal Office Printer Toners - NO SPECIAL TONERS (ALTHOUGH YOU MAY WANT TO ADD SPECIAL TONER AS AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE .
• On Normal Office PAPER - NO SPECIAL PAPERS OR SPECIAL SECURITY PAPERS .
• From any application , ERP , custom developed in house , core applications .
• Along and together with other office printing requirements , barcodes , stapling , inserting .
  
  Call us for any hardcopy security requirements ..

Before printing

Even before hardcopy is produced in the office , the solutions deployed for printing must so call " Protect the documents as follows :

• Before Printing-Protect the document before it reachs the office printer using encryption and decryption is done at the final destination , inside the printer itself .
• During Printing-Protect the document when it is at office printer by providing solid Authentication methodology , while providing the customer the widest choice of authentication .
• After Printing -Protect the document after it leaves the office printer with mulitple protection marks .

Security applied on office paper , using office printers and enterprise applications

• Any hardcopy that is produced in the office ,must have the capacity as a target for protection .The solutions deployed for printing must so call " Protect the documents as follows :The different types of marks possible on the printed page :
  • Microprinting.
  • 2D Barcodes .
  • 2D Barcodes that are encrypted .
  • Repeating patterns that are difficult to alter .
  • Jon Stamping .
  • MICR cheque printing .
  
  
• Other Hardcopy security include :
  • MICR Toner
  • Security Toner