Here's one news that sure to rock CEOs and CIOs off their seats. From military secrets to home made sex videos, you better make sure that thumb drives your staff uses, does not bring your 100 year old company down the drain overnight. You might want to then consider Dekart Password Manager on your USB Drive that has 256-bit AES encryption or GFI EndPointSecurity that controls access to Portable Storage DevicesSmart phones, iPods and USB memory sticks are posing a real risk for businesses, warn security experts. Just over half of companies take no steps to secure data held on these devices, found a UK government-backed security survey.
Figures from the Information Security Breaches Survey, which is backed by the Department of Trade and Industry, reveals how firms are struggling to control the growing use of USB flash memory sticks. The survey found that 33% of firms tell staff not to use such devices but rarely do anything to change the configuration of PCs and laptops to stop people moving data around with USB sticks. An informal survey by Centennial showed that 66% of people mislay USB sticks and that 60% of those devices have business information on them.
Warnings over USB memory sticks source
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