Portable storage devices pose IT security risk

27.03.2006

For a free but unsophisticated application, companies can use the native lockout capabilities in the Windows operating system, Ouellet noted.

Meanwhile, SanDisk Corp. in Sunnyvale, California, last month said it plans to bolster the security in its line of USB flash drives and mobile cards by using TrustedFlash technology, which combines its 32-bit controller architecture with an embedded cryptographic engine to provide real-time encryption.