Removable media causes security concerns

The proliferation of portable media devices are increasing companies' security risks exponentially. In fact, endpoint security for laptops, PDAs and removable media is one of the most critical security issues facing companies today. USB drives, in particular, have a tremendous amount of private corporate content. To deal with the growing problems, CIOs must set up strict policies for how data on removable media is handled and where they can be taken and where they can't. Employees should also be monitored to some extent, ensuring that employees use removable media only for company-sponsored endeavors. It's also critical to make sure that the USB drives used by your company have appropriate encryption--not something that's standard on all USB drives. The same type of diligence should be applied to other mobile devices such as laptops.

Learn more about how to secure removable media:
- read the article at Dark Reading

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