USB flash drives, iPods and other portable storage devices are pervasive in the workplace and a real threat. They can introduce viruses or malicious code to the network and be used to store sensitive ...

A federal interagency group responsible for data encryption policy and acquisition efforts is considering changes to existing technology contracts to incorporate tougher security requirements for ...

A crisis in the security of removable media two years ago spurred the Defense Department’s chief information officer to create the Data-at-Rest Tiger Team (DARTT). Then a major malware attack in ...

Security firm Pointsec on Monday added Media Encryption to its portable software security suite, which is an application designed to help IT managers control the use of removable media such as USB ...

Windows 111/0 supports the installation and use of a variety of Removable devices. This includes plug-and-play mouse, keyboard, and other USB-based devices. However, this could pose a threat to the ...

Since employees have switched to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic, home printers and removable devices have expanded the attack surface to their companies' data and daily business ...

Prohibition is not as sweeping as the one instituted by the Defense Department earlier this month. NASA has instructed employees not to use personally owned thumb drives or other forms of removable ...

Regardless of how big hard drive capacities get, there will always be a need for removable storage, sometimes called portable storage. The software you buy to install on your computer comes on ...

Sometimes we see folders that are created on their own on our PC. They might be created by the programs we install or the tools we use. There is no need to panic unless they are created by the malware ...

Logan G. Harbaugh is a longtime technology journalist with experience reviewing a wide range of IT products. Every week, there are new reports of data breaches at organizations of every type.