76% of Workers Plug Unknown USB Sticks Into Office PCs
BlockMaster, a provider of managed secure USB flash drives, today warns that organisations are at risk of unsolicited viruses and malware as 76% of workers plug unknown USB
According to a media report, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust had violated the Data Protection Act after a doctor lost an unencrypted USB drive containing patient data on a train. Although the doctor informed the Trust soon after discovering the loss, the drive could not be recovered. Read more →
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.
News report of the loss of a USB drive containing personal information of over 100,000 adult education students. Misplaced by a Virginia Tech researcher, the drive contained names, birth dates and social security numbers of students who used literacy and adult education programs and those who earned a high school equivalency certificate. Read more →
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 Read more →
