Zero Trust and Federal Print's Hidden Attack Surface

Federal Zero Trust strategies have made rapid progress on identity, network segmentation, and endpoint detection — but print infrastructure remains one of the most overlooked attack surfaces in government. Legacy print servers sit inside trust boundaries by default, run outdated spooler services tied to well-documented CVEs, and expose credentials and print jobs to lateral movement in ways that directly contradict the principles laid out in OMB M-22-09 and EO 14028. As agencies push toward the FY2027 Zero Trust deadlines, print is quickly becoming the gap auditors, red teams, and IGs are asking about.

Vasion delivers a FedRAMP® High Authorized, serverless print management solution purpose-built for federal agencies. By eliminating print servers entirely and enabling direct IP printing, agencies collapse a major attack surface, remove standing trust inside the network, and bring print into alignment with Zero Trust Architecture.