Secure USB Drive

SanDisk Enterprise, a branch of SanDisk Corporation recently announced that their USB flash drives and Central Management & Control (CMC) server software has been selected by the State of Washington’s Division of Child Support (DCS) to protect confidential client data at DCS headquarters and in 10 field offices statewide.

DCS collects about $700 million per year in child-support payments and manages about 350,000 active child-support cases.

SanDisk Enterprise develops USB encryption in flash drives to allow users a password protected flash drive. This way, the user is ensured USB security at all times. Data is not compromised, and users can continue to use secure USB flash drives. Read More »

Howard County General Hospital USB security Selection

Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland, has selected SanDisk’s Cruzer® Enterprise secure USB flash drives and Central Management & Control (CMC) server software to protect highly confidential medical and organizational data.

Part of the Johns Hopkins Medicine health care system, Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) is a comprehensive medical center providing services to more than 165,000 people a year, with a staff of 1,700 full-time and part-time employees, as well as more than 800 physicians and other allied health professionals. Read More »

The need for secure storage

In today’s business atmosphere, data needs to be transportable. This need for mobility has a by-product; a host of security endangerments with data seepage topping the list. Enterprises are in the midst of a data leakage epidemic. Since 2005, more than 230 million records have been vanished or stolen, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; many of them stored on transportable devices such as non secure USB drives.

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SanDisk Corporation recently introduced the results of a new study illustrating the risks of unsecured USB flash drive usage within enterprise institutions. This survey follows an increasing demand in secure USB flash drives. A survey by SanDisk of both corporate IT managers and corporate end users exposed that IT executives are unaware of the extent to which unsecured USB flash drives are used in the walls of their organizations: 77% of corporate end users were questioned have used personal flash drives for work-related purposes. Corporate IT respondents estimated a mere 35%, less than half of the actual amount. When asked to estimate what percentage of the workforce uses personal flash drives, it was determined that data files on personal flash drives in the workplace include business plans, source code, customer records, and financial data.

Approximately one in ten (12 percent) of company users reported finding a flash drive in a public place. Additionally, when asked to pick the three most likely actions they would take if they found a flash drive in a public place, 55 percent indicated they would view the data. Survey data found the portability of USB flash drives represents a serious risk of data loss. Read More »

Solution Provides Integrated Secure Data Storage And Two-Factor Authentication Technology From RSA In SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise Flash Drives

SanDisk Corporation, makers of the Cruzer Enterprise Secure USB Drive has the ability to deploy, store and use RSA SecurID® software tokens from RSA, The Security Division of EMC. This “two-for-one” solution gives users a single device for secure data storage and two-factor authentication, an alternative to carrying both a flash drive and a separate hardware authenticator. Read More »