Secure USB Drive

When President Obama laid out his ambitious plan to thwart cyberthreats on Friday, he recognised what many have known for a long time – data and networks can be used as weapons against a nation’s security if they are not properly protected.

In his Friday address, he specifically mentioned the 2008 infection of Department of Defense computers by malware, which originated from an infected USB flash drive.

President Obama said:  “In one of the most serious cyber incidents to date against our military networks, several thousand computers were infected last year by malicious software — malware. And while no sensitive information was compromised, our troops and defense personnel had to give up those external memory devices — thumb drives — changing the way they used their computers every day.”

As posted on this blog last year, the spread of malware via USB sticks is easily stemmed by using secure flash drives with onboard anti-malware, such as our Cruzer Enterprise range.  Some aspects of the battle to secure data and networks will be long and difficult.  However, when it comes to securing data on pen drives, it should be a very quick win.