Copier risk

One of the great virtues of an information security management system is that it helps steer you around the pitfalls of your own preconceptions. By having a rigorous process that reaches across the organisation and involves people at every level it becomes easier to spot vulnerabilities that you never knew were there. For example, Doug Schweitzer on ComputerWorld highlights that the modern office copier contains a hard drive that retains a record of the images it handles – how many people realise that? How many businesses have measures in place to ensure that vital data doesn’t just walk off the premises when a copier is upgraded? When technology evolves so quickly a best practice ISMS is an absolute must.