IT managers unaware of USB flash drive risk
"Users meanwhile admitted that data files most likely to be copied to a personal flash drives includes customer records (25 per cent), financial information (17 per cent), business plans (15 per cent), employee records (13 per cent), marketing plans (13 per cent), intellectual property (6 per cent) and source code (six per cent).
The survey highlights that due to the highly portable nature of USB flash drives, they represent a significant risk of data loss for enterprises. Approximately one in 10 (12 per cent) of corporate end 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 per cent indicated they would view the data."
https://www.cio.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&ArticleID=2733
Surely a case for using Rights Management?
Comments
- Anonymous
April 15, 2008
OMG who spells out "per cent" its wrong in the first place and stupid in the second! tr