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6 ,May, 2009 From Dror Todress |
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just flick a switch, and all sensitive data would be fully secured against loss or theft? Unfortunately, it’s never that easy, as this article points out.
It looks at four recent, high-profile data losses from UK public sector organisations, and asks how many times do significant data losses have to occur before both private- and public-sector organisations deploy data encryption.
That’s a very good question. It’s also a reminder that if security is a race, it’s not a sprint, but a marathon. It’s a case of gradually extending security, to close the points of weakness and loopholes within organisations.
Solutions like our Cruzer Enterprise secure USB drives make it easy for organisations to secure data on the move, without adding complexity – making them a significant milestone in the long run towards total security.
Tags: Data encryption, data loss, secure flash USB drives, Secure USB Drive, USB drives
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22 ,March, 2009 From Dror Todress |
A long-standing trojan that acts as a malware-distribution service is now infecting PCs via USB flash drives and other removable storage devices, according to anti-virus researchers.
The Virtumundo trojan, also known as Virtumonde or Vundo, is now infecting computers via Windows AutoRun, which enables files or programs to run immediately as soon as a removable media device is connected to a computer.
Although Virtumundo is primarily an adware program that displays pop-up advertisements and downloads software from remote servers, it is also capable of attaching itself to browsers and injecting fake entries into search results. It’s claimed to be one of most prolific ad/spyware threats in the wild to date.
There’s more detail on the worm here, and of course the spread of the worm can be limited by using secure flash drives with built-in anti-virus scanning.
Tags: secure flash USB drives, storage devices, trojan
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27 ,November, 2008 From Joan Hawardson |
Do you really know how many people are using USB flash drives in your organisation? Don’t worry if you’re not sure - a majority of IT professionals are equally uncertain.
Our April 2008 survey found that 77% of corporate end users had used personal USB flash drives for work purposes. Yet IT managers estimated that just 35% of their workforce used personal drives. So how do you bridge that security gap, and protect the sensitive business data on flash drives? Here are our top 10 tips.
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Tags: hardware USB encryption, secure flash USB drives, USB Security
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