Securing printers and print servers is vital in ensuring the security of an organization and their resources. These security configurations should start from the foundation level—the operating system. Then, you can apply appropriate Group Policy Objects (GPO), ACL, and so on to make the printing infrastructure more secure. The process and configuration details are included in the following sections.
An administrator can use the following task list as a starting point for their print server security configuration:
Operating system type: Use the Windows Server Core operation system
Baseline security: Create and implement server baseline security
Print server role feature integrity: Continuously monitor and validate roles and features
Printer drive security and protection: Ensure printer driver security and appropriate GPOs
Printer share security and protection: Ensure printer and share security using GPOs and other policy mechanisms
You will see the details of these tasks in the following...