Secure USB Drive

 You’ll already know that the UK has led the world this year in high-profile data losses and leaks, especially from Government departments and their contractors. 

 These losses, from stolen laptops, unsecured USB flash drives and more, are neatly summarised here, and serve as a reminder of how easy it is for a data leak to happen.

 The leak that grabbed my attention was the loss of the details of all 84,000 prisoners in the UK on a USB flash drive.  The data was unencrypted - a large oversight, given the nature and sensitivity of the data.

 It could have been so easily avoided using a secure USB flash drive.  And would have given the organisation a ‘get out of jail free’ card in the event of the drive being mislaid.