For its efforts in offering cloud print and scan solutions with built-in security features that can help users modernize some of their scanning and printing processes – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, earned a pair of 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Gold awards from American Security Today. 
Garnering a Gold Award in the Best Access Control and Authentication Solution category, uniFLOW Online helped Canon win an ‘ASTORS’ award for the sixth consecutive year overall, extending a streak that began in 2017. The uniFLOW Online solution was recognized for its usability, flexible and straightforward design, advanced scanning, robust security features and enhanced cloud functionality.
(Did you know that using cloud-based servers for your document workflows saves you money? uniFLOW Online gives you this and much more such as providing a user-friendly interface allowing you to manage and track your organization’s print activity. Courtesy of Canon Europe and YouTube.)
Additionally, the Canon Office Cloud service won a Gold award for Canon U.S.A. in the Best Device Visibility and Control category.
The Canon Office Cloud service has achieved a moderate-level FedRAMP Authority to Operate (ATO), being a United States federal government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and contentious monitoring for cloud products and services. The ‘ASTORS’ Award winners were selected by an expert panel of American Security Today judges, and award categories were presented at the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels. “Winning multiple prestigious ‘ASTORS’ awards from American Security Today is a great honor and a testament to the variety of benefits offered by solutions Canon offers in the areas of access control and device visibility,” said Katsuhiro “Jerry” Matsufuji, Vice President and General Manager of Canon U.S.A., Inc.
“It is rewarding to see uniFLOW Online recognized by AST for its variety of benefits, including robust security features and its ability to help track and measure print costs.” Through the uniFLOW Online solution, businesses can utilize an extensive collection of output management features while benefitting from the ability to employ the Secure Printing feature and device authentication. The solution helps make it easy for users to be productive at home and in the office when printing and scanning, providing a consistent user interface across its print environment, and Canon continues to update and enhance uniFLOW Online to evolve along with changing needs of work environments. The Secure Print functionality of the uniFLOW Online solution allows users to send documents to supported imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX Series printers from both desktops and compatible mobile devices.
(Increased robustness of secure printing across locations: uniFLOW Online’s latest release improves its secure printing capabilities for users working in various locations. To make the right devices available to the user, uniFLOW Online could already automatically detect from which location a user was printing. This release provides additional fail-over mechanisms to determine the correct place, improving the system’s robustness. On top, the accounting capabilities of uniFLOW Online have been extended with an automatic export of accounting data to various cloud storage systems. Courtesy of uniFLOW Online and YouTube.)
Canon Office Cloud is a cloud-based platform with Managed Print Services (MPS) capabilities designed to help Canon customers, as well as users of many third-party printers, manage their compatible print device fleet and output. Powered by uniFLOW Online and Netaphor SiteAudit solutions, these MPS solutions can help users efficiently manage compatible print infrastructures and gain print activity insights. “ASTORS’ nominations are evaluated on their technical innovation, interoperability, specific impact within the category, overall impact to the industry, relatability to other industry technologies, and application feasibility outside of the industry,” AST’s editorial director Tammy Waitt said.
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Canon U.S.A. is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and Latin America, and the Caribbean markets.
With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc., has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years and was one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies in 2022.
(Learn More about Canon U.S.A. As a leader in advanced digital imaging, Canon offers a comprehensive line-up of award-winning office imaging solutions and services. Courtesy of Canon U.S.A. and YouTube.)
Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To Learn More, please visit www.usa.canon.com/