Canon Printer EDR adds behaviour-based threat monitoring to office printers

Evaluating printer behaviour in context

Business printers do more than produce output as isolated devices: they can connect to networks, cloud services and document workflows. Canon says these connections make protection of the sensitive information they handle, and their inclusion in organisational security management, increasingly important. Printer EDR is introduced as an additional detection and response layer in this context.

The technology is intended to examine operations that may appear legitimate individually by considering their sequence over time and usage context. Canon says this can help identify insider threats or signs of advanced attacks earlier. It should not, however, be presented as a guarantee that every threat will be blocked.

Detection scenarios drawing on MITRE ATT&CK

Canon’s behavioural approach is supported by scenarios drawing on MITRE ATT&CK, a framework classifying attack techniques and behavioural patterns. The manufacturer says it plans to update the scenarios as new attack methods emerge. The aim is to assess how devices operate, rather than relying only on whether a file matches a known malicious signature.

The announcement focuses on helping security teams monitor printers alongside other endpoints. Canon has not said every model will receive the feature at once: compatibility is limited to selected devices in the imageFORCE, imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX families. Organisations should check support and update timing for their particular models.

Automatic measures and administrator notifications

When a threat is detected, the system is intended to support measures such as blocking suspicious communications or restoring settings that have been changed without authorisation. Users will be able to inspect incident details on the device panel, while administrators can be notified by email or through a log-management system.

The purpose is to reduce potential data leakage and disruption. EDR is considered alongside other layers such as current firmware, appropriate access rights and organisational security policies. Canon places Printer EDR within its Business Security approach, incorporating Secure by Design, identity-focused access controls and Zero Trust principles.

Quentyn Taylor, Canon Europe’s Senior Director of Product Information Security, highlights the significance of increasingly connected printers as potential entry points into wider corporate systems. Availability in this report reflects the announced December 2026 plan, rather than a claim that the feature has already reached every device.