USB drives are the faithful companion in professional life. · 2018-06-07 · kingston.com...
Transcript of USB drives are the faithful companion in professional life. · 2018-06-07 · kingston.com...
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Datasource: a study conducted by Kingston Technology.Sample size: 3412 employees from companies from different industries in Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
What can the IT decision maker do to prevent data leaks
In 10% USB drives were stolen
10%
40% unclearwhathappened
40%
50% were lost
50%
What happened to the USB drives that disappeared
Carelessness of the employee is the biggest risk
91% of the USB drivesdo not use hardware-based encryption
91%
In 49% of companies, USB drives have disappeared
49%
In 24% of companies,employees savesensitive dataon USB drives.
24%
But they come with substantial risks of a data leak.
In 71% ofcompanies thereare more than5 USB drivesin use
71%
24% of employees use more than 5 USB drives
24%
USB drives are the faithful companion in professional life.
An underrated riskVESUSB DR
!Educate and train employees
Create awareness of the problem
Set and implement policies
Use hardware-based encrypted USB drives
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