Ricoh Again Named Print Security Leader by Quocirca
17 August 2026: Ricoh has again been named a Leader in Quocirca’s Print Security Landscape 2026 study, the company said on 10 August 2026. The ranking centres on Ricoh’s device-agnostic managed security services, which the firm says can secure mixed print fleets from any manufacturer, not only its own machines.
Quocirca published the wider study on 28 July 2026 after surveying 400 IT decision-makers in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States. Ricoh is one of eight vendors profiled, alongside Brother, Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Sharp, Toshiba and Xerox.
Print-related risk is still rising. Quocirca found that 67% of organisations had at least one print-related data loss in the past year, up from 56% in 2025, and that 43% reported multiple incidents. The average cost of a print-related breach is now just over GBP 1 million, up from GBP 820,000 a year earlier. Ricoh’s releases restate that average as more than USD 1.3 million. The study also says 64% of organisations now run mixed print fleets, up from 59% in 2025.
Why Ricoh was ranked a Leader
According to Ricoh, Quocirca highlighted several strengths behind the placement
– Global, device-agnostic security support across about 200 countries and territories
– Platform tools that widen visibility and automation across mixed fleets
– Refurbished devices held to the same security standards as new products
– Further work on workflow and AI-driven security, including the natif.ai acquisition and a roadmap for AI-enabled data loss prevention inside
RICOH Streamline NX
The report also points to RICOH Streamline NX and RICOH CloudStream for zero-trust support, broad authentication options, and lifecycle hardening features such as Automatic Remote Firmware Update and Always Current Technology, Ricoh said.
“Print is still one of the most overlooked corners of enterprise security, so recognition like this matters – it reflects the work we do to help customers close that gap rather than treat print as an afterthought,” said Kei Uesugi, Managing Director, Ricoh Asia Pacific. “As the threat landscape shifts, our focus stays the same: giving organisations the visibility and control to keep their people both productive and protected.”
What buyers are watching
Quocirca frames print security as ongoing operations work, not a one-time device setup. It flags concern about AI-enabled attacks, identity integration with print access control and longer-term quantum readiness. On the buyer side, 81% of respondents expect print security spend to rise in the next 12 months and 84% say it is important to integrate identity-management platforms with print infrastructure.
For IT and security teams, mixed fleets and hybrid work keep expanding the attack surface while average breach costs climb. Rankings matter less than treating print as part of the wider enterprise security stack, with continuous monitoring, identity controls and lifecycle hardening.
