HP Color LaserJet 4730 HP LaserJet MFP and Color MFP Products - Configuring Se - Page 5

This checklist covers only those parts of HP Web Jetadmin that pertain to appropriate security settings. See the user guides, admin guides, and help files for information on other configurations. Cautions HP is dedicated to providing the best and latest security information available for MFPs. This checklist is meant to help you to improve MFPs in your workplace. HP has tested this checklist to ensure that MFPs continue to provide the best possible performance while averting possible security threats; however, some of these settings can cause unexpected problems in your environment. Please be aware of the following cautions before you begin: Follow the Checklist in Order The settings in this checklist are presented in a specific order to ensure success. Many of these security settings can be configured successfully only in the correct order. You should follow the instructions in this checklist exactly and avoid making additional configurations during this process. Other settings can disrupt the order and cause unexpected results. Understand the Ramifications HP Web Jetadmin and MFPs include a wide variety of useful settings designed to make work easier and more productive. However, raising the level of security requires sacrifices in these areas. Be aware that applying this checklist will limit or even eliminate some of these features. See the Ramifications chapter for more information. HP provides this checklist as a guide to best-practice security configurations that allow for reasonable convenience and usability. Some of the recommended settings create extra steps when accessing and managing MFPs. For instance, once you disable EWS configuration, you cannot access the EWS again until you re-enable EWS configuration from HP Web Jetadmin. These settings are tested in various conditions and in various combinations in simulated environments. Testing includes configuring all of the MFPs at the same time and verifying that the affected features continue to function. However, it is impossible to test these configurations in all plausible network environments. You should test these settings in your environment to ensure that you understand their effects. You may find that some of the settings cause undesirable limitations. See the Ramifications section for further information and cautions. Continue to be Vigilant This checklist is provided only as a complimentary guide to known best practices for increasing MFP security. HP does not claim or warrant that these configurations prevent misuse of MFPs or networks or that they prevent malicious attacks on MFPs or networks. Use this document at your own risk. MFP Environment NIST defines several types of user environments, many of which are compatible with HP LaserJet and Color LaserJet MFPs. However, this checklist is written for MFPs in an enterprise environment or a small to medium business environment. These environments use most of the network features available with MFPs. This entire checklist can be configured using HP Web Jetadmin. You should configure as much of this checklist as possible while adapting the settings to your specific situation. Assumptions This checklist makes some assumptions about network administrators and about enterprise environments: HP LaserJet and Color LaserJet MFP Security Checklist 5