Kingston Digital and BlockMaster in USB Security Partnership
BlockMaster is proud to announce that Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products will partner with BlockMaster and provide greater availability of centrally managed USB drives, which makes it easier to protect information on-the-move. Please read the full press release here For further details view our dedicated page on the partnership If you are eager to... [Read More...]
Exhibiting in San Francisco – Hannover – Copenhagen – London
BlockMaster is exhibiting world-wide during the spring. Catch us at one of these venues! Select Upcoming Events RSA 2010 – Get free admittance here! 1st – 5th of March. Visit us at stand 645! CeBIT Hannover in Hall 11, 2nd to the 6th of March, visit us at booth A22! EasyFairs ICT-INTERNET EXPO exhibition 2010 10th – 11th March 2010 in Bella Center Copenhagen. Stand A022 and A023 Infosecurity Europe 2010 – Get free admittance here! 27th... [Read More...]
Competing Products Contain Serious Flaw – SafeStick Not Affected
SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT – SAFESTICK NOT AFFECTED A flaw has been found in competing products to SafeStick. SafeStick does not contain this flaw. The flaw exposed by the independent penetration testing firm SySS enables any user to access the unencrypted data quickly on all shipped drives from select competitors without the required password. BlockMaster issues this statement to clearly inform customers and partners that this is not a flaw found... [Read More...]
Top 5 USB Flash Drive Hidden Security Risks
USB flash drives are by a land slide the most popular means of making data portable. Well over 150 000 000 USB drives where sold last year according to Gartner. But standard unsecure USB flash drives unfortunately comes with a line of built in security risks that every user should be aware of. Here are the top 5 hidden security risks with standard unsecure USB flash drives. Followed by our readily available secure USB solution. 1. Delete Does Not... [Read More...]
Governments Lack In Protecting Portable Citizen Information
The hot topic during the government funded Privacy Awareness Week in Australia was portable storage devices. The Privacy Commissioner issued a statement to all government agencies to switch to secure USB sticks. At the same time a report with staggering statistics on portable security was released. Policies are left in the drawer to gather dust Over two-thirds of the agencies in the study had policies in place regarding portable storage security... [Read More...]
Secure USB Flash Drives – 5 Quick Questions and Answers
Administrators at larger organizations face many of the same challenges when it comes to USB security. Solving “the USB problem” has become a critical issue and secure usb flash drives are at the top the agenda for most enterprise and government organization. Emerging threats like the Conficker that attacked unsecure USB sticks added to sense of urgency already present. This post will briefly touch on some of the most common challenges... [Read More...]
Over 100.000 SafeStick drives from BlockMaster bolsters NHS security
LONDON, UK, 21th April 2009, - BlockMaster, a provider of secure removable data devices, today announces a two-year exclusive contract to distribute over 100,000 SafeSticks to NHS hospitals across the UK. The SafeSticks will provide complete security for all removable storage through military grade hardware encryption, and will be distributed through seven public sector procurement hubs. West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust is one of over 100 UK hospitals... [Read More...]
Staggering Lost USB Stick Statistics and New SafeConsole Features Launched
5th May 2009 – London, UK – BlockMaster, a leading provider of secure removable data devices, today announces the results of an office worker survey that reveals some worrying trends and highlights the overwhelming need for secure USB drives in the workplace. 40% of over 100 office workers surveyed by BlockMaster have lost a USB stick at some point, and nearly two-thirds (64%) have left a drive unprotected in a PC, exposed for anyone to potentially... [Read More...]
SafeStick Features Conficker Killer and Anti-malware
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT Prevent conficker autorun, malware infection. viruses and trojans from spreading over USB into your networks with SafeStick features Authorized Autorun and File Blocker. Problem Conficker has highlighted the danger of standard removable USB sticks. Conficker implants a malicious autorun.inf on removable media as one modus operandum. Any software encryption or protection of the drive will go lost in the process as the Conficker infection... [Read More...]
SafeConsole Streamlines Password Management
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT Organisations using SafeStick with SafeConsole saves costs on password resets. SafeConsole features ZoneBuilder and Remote Password Recovery streamlines password management. If ZoneBuilder is deployed through SafeConsole to users they are able to reset their own passwords in the most efficient manner ever seen. Once the user is authenticated to the user account ZoneBuilder can be configured to reset the SafeStick password if it detects... [Read More...]
