![]() ![]() In this specific instance, we find a massive global organization changing its stripes through self-imposed regulation that impacts its 380,000 employees. The giant multinational technology company recently banned all employees from using USB flash drives for work related data sharing. And, notably, IBM has had a data security-related epiphany. Small, transportable, and convenient, they were the standard for storing and transferring data.īut the days of using personal media storage devices at work appear to be coming to an end. Not too long ago, you could walk up to any booth at a trade show and, odds are, you’d be handed one of these complimentary “secure” flash drives plastered with some company’s branding. ![]() But like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, USB storage devices pop up again and again in discussions around enterprise security. Whatever you want to call them, these portable storage devices have been commonplace since 2000 – but so have attempts to control, regulate, and prohibit them. Secure alternatives (that your employees will actually use)įlash drives, thumb drives, pen drives, gig sticks, jump drives, disk keys, memory sticks.IBM realizes that flash drives are risky.
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