Top 5 USB Flash Drive Hidden Security Risks

Posted by Anders Pettersson on May 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

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...]

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Edinburgh incident puts further focus on the USB security problem

Posted by Anders Pettersson on March 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Following up on the breach in Edinburgh just days ago Daniel Östner, CEO at BlockMaster commented on the urgency of the USB problem in SC Magazine and Computer Weekly. Östner continued: “This USB problem is one of the most urgent matters for IT departments. That is a statement of fact as 33% of IT staff place it at the top of their agenda. Losing intellectual property on an open, unsecured USB flash drive could be disastrous for any organisation.... [Read More...]

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Unprotected enterprise USB number one threat

Posted by Anders Pettersson on January 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Eweek has listed the top ten ways employees pose a risk to organizational security. At number one is the proliferation of unmanaged use of unprotected USB flash drive. Choose a secure enterprise USB By using the secure enterprise USB SafeStick from BlockMaster you can counter this threat today.  Read More →

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