User Access Control:  Edgeline provides you with a flexible access control framework on the device through an authority-based security model. This industry first solution allows you to create up to 20 customizable profiles with 24 unique features. This unprecedented level of access control enables prevention of unauthorized color usage (copying or printing), control over administration menus, and control over cancelling and promoting jobs.  And HP’s MFPs with Edgeline technology easily integrate with existing profiles created in Active Directory and user-created directory groups.

Authentication and Authorization: We recognize that user profiles are only as good as the enforcement they receive. HP MFPs with Edgeline technology support a number of authentication protocols, including Windows (Kerberos/NTLM) and LDAP.  And, you can create up to 1000 local user accounts on Edgeline, giving you a simple way to control device access.

Using these authentication and authorization tools, you have the flexibility to configure the appropriate level of device access control for your specific environment. For example, you can require users to:

• Sign-in before any walk-up usage of the device 
• Sign-in only when accessing a particular feature
• Not sign-in at all

Data privacy and protection: To protect data in transit, HP MFPs use IPSec through the JetDirect 635n card, which provides point-to-point encryption to ensure secure data flows from the MFP to other data repositories on the network. To protect data at rest, HP’s MFP Secure Storage Erase and Disk Access Locking features provide critical control points around securing the data stored on the internal hard drive. 

Secure Management:The JetDirect wizard makes secure network configuration a snap by providing step-by-step instructions. Security on Edgeline can be configured and monitored with Web Jetadmin (a robust fleet management tool) as well as with the embedded web server, which provides quick and easy setup for a single device.

We know that in today’s enterprise environments, state-of-the-art security is a key factor in managing your business. If you have other security concerns that you’d like to discuss, please use the comment link below to post your question.

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