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Portable Panic: The Evolution of USB Insecurity

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Overview As USB devices have evolved into useful storage media, they've also turned into a security nightmare for organizations. The usage of USB devices should be encouraged and embraced today in our tightening economy to aid in the reduction of operating costs. Learn how to take control of the removable media threat, control the flow of inbound and outbound data from your endpoints and enable managed use of these productivity tools by enforcing removable device usage policies.

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Publisher	Lumension	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Industry Standard Protocols, Interfaces - Buses - I-Os, Storage Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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Testing SIP Call Flows Using XML Protocol Templates

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Calculating Fiber Loss and Distances

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Publisher:
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Actions to Minimise Threat Invalid users can then be blocked from the network if they pose a security threat. The flow of information from PDAs within the organisation and across organisational boundaries must be controlled and monitored to...

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Businesses are failing to crack down on the use of removable memory devices within their organisation despite growing concern about the damage such media can cause.iPods, digital cameras, flash memory devices, USB memory keys and CDs are just some...

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Security Strategy

US Election 2004: Bush and Kerry hold forth on tech issues

From [their] responses, it's clear that both the president and the senator understand the important role that the technology sector plays in our economy and in our lives. Bush noted that his administration established the Spectrum Policy Initiative...

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iPod security still a stumbling block for firms

Companies are also failing to clamp down on the use of USB memory keys and many other removable storage devices - all of which have the potential to either unwittingly or maliciously undermine a company in the wrong hands.

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Security Strategy

The A to Z of security

When installed on a PC, antivirus software monitors and scans inbound, outbound and existing files to check for traces of infection - traditionally by using what is known as a 'signature database', a library of known malicious code used to...

"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach

Whilst human error or malicious intent is always a possibility, the only way to prevent data loss from removable devices is to take control of inbound and outbound data from all endpoints, and encrypt all data during transmission.

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