SanDisk Secure USB Flash Drives Survey
65Secure USB Flash Drives: SanDisk's Survey shows risks of using unsecure USB Flash Drive
An indepenant survey requested on behalf of SanDisk recently reported interesting findings from their 2008 study. Results illustrated the inherent risks of corporations deploying unsecured USB flash drives within the enterprise environment. The survey followed an increasing demand for secure USB flash drives. An extensive survey of both corporate IT managers and corporate end users highlighted that IT departments are woefully unaware of the extent to which unsecured USB flash drives are used inside the organization. Some highlights from the report include:
Corporate end users most frequently use USB Drives to copy:
1. Customer data (25 %)
2. Financial information (17 %)
3. Business plans (15 %)
4. Employee data (13 %)
5. Marketing plans (13 %)
6. Intellectual property (6 %)
7. Source code (6 %)
Corporate Attitute towards USB Flash Drives
Approximately one in ten of corporate USB drive users, reported having found a lost or misplaced usb drive in a public place. When asked the most likely action they would take if they found a flash drive in a public place, 55 percent admitted they would probably at least try and view the data.
Spreading the Knowledge on Secure USB Flash Drives Needed
Company workers validated their concerns by reporting that one out of every five have little to no awareness about the risks involved with transporting corporate data on flash drives (21%), exposing a serious potential for data loss. Some 41% of corporate IT managers report they are at least somewhat uncomfortable with the level of USB flash drive usage in their organization, revealing a significant level of potential risk. Moreover, when introduced with the idea of secure USB flash drives, company users provided a very positive response.
About the Secure USB Flash Drive Study
The report on secure USB flash drive usage in the enterprise was produced as a result of thousands of telephone surveys that took place througout the U.S. during March 2008. The research work was understaken by Applied Research-West on behalf of SanDisk.
SanDisk is a global leader in research, development, manufacture and sale of secure USB flash drives. Through its Enterprise Division a comprehensive solution has been developed for secure storage and management of enterprise data, in and outside the ofice environment.
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Many companies buy secure usb memory sticks but they tend to go fo rthe cheaper option of a usb memory stick with password encryption software on the drive. This is usually an optional program and many users just don't use it. Companies should be going for memory sticks with AES total encryption built in. This means that a user MUST enter a password to access the drive. These types of drives are more expensive but they should be used by all companies where sensitive data is being moved around.
Tim has a good point. Hardware-based encryption is always more secure.
Tim has a good point. Hardware-based encryption is always more secure.
Cheers for that, most readers wouldn't know
As far as I know, most customers don't aware of the risks of using unsecure usb flash drives.
Mr. T 3 years ago
I have one secure flash drive from SanDisk 4GB (enterprise cruzer I think) and it is very nice.
It's pretty fast for big files and we were notified by the IT admin that our data on the device is also backed up.