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Should USB Memory Sticks Carry a Health Warning?22 ,September, 2009 From Dror Todress |
Here’s an article on SC Magazine’s website on the explosive growth in storage capacities of USB flash drives, with a discussion of what steps can and should be taken to secure them.
As SanDisk CEO Eli Harari pointed out recently, the increase in capacity of drives has exceeded Moore’s Law in recent years, making it increasingly tempting to use flash drives to store and transport large amounts of data.
The article takes in comment from several vendors, including SanDisk, looking at the issue. The conclusion is enterprises and IT-literate consumers are already taking advantage of secure flash drives to protect their data – but there will always be a price-conscious market for unsecured drives.
Tags: Data encryption, external memory devices, IT security, mandatory encryption, Secure Memory Sticks, Secure USB Flash Drives, security risk
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