Technicalwhitepaper
HPMEMORYSHIELD?
SECURITYFEATURE
Tableofcontents
Overview2
EventlogentriesandControlpanelmessages4
DeviceSyslogconfigurationforloggingsecurityevents7
AppendixA:Syslogmessagecontent8
AppendixB:DeviceSupport10
Overview
InordertoprotectHPdevicesfromthesophisticatedsecurityattacksoccurringintheindustry,HP’s
LaserJetEnterpriseprintershavemultiplelayersofdefenses.Thefollowingfigureprovidesasimplified
devicesecuritymodel.Thisrepresentationofoursecuritylayerssimplifiestheframeworktounderstand
thatHPisinvestinginmultiplesecuritytechnologiesandapproachestoprotectourcustomers.
TheabovediagramhighlightshowMemoryShield?fitsintoourdevicesecuritymodelandprovides
advanceddetectioncapabilities.HPhasexpandedRun-timeIntrusionDetectiontoincludeabroaderrange
ofcoverageinmemoryprotection.
HPprovidesprotectionfromzero-dayattacks,whichareunknown/newattacks.HP’sexpandedmemory
protectionnotonlydetectsattacksontheOperatingSystem,butexpandsthedetectioncapabilitiesto
coverthenetwork,print,scanandfaxapplications.Theprinterself-healswhenapotentialinjectionis
detectedandrebootstoasafestate.
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HPMemoryShield?detectspotentialmalwareintrusionsinsystemmemory.Thereisnoconfiguration,
andthefeatureisalwaysonbydefault.Thisisbydesigntopreventdisablingofthefeaturebyanattacker
aspartofanadvancedmulti-stageattackorexploit.
HPMemoryShield?providesadeterministicwaytoidentifywhenpotentialmalwareisbeinginjected.For
example,whenaninterfaceisnotperformingpropervalidationofinput,thereisthepotentialforabuffe