"Majority of IT Departments Leave Major Holes in Their USB Drive Security"

In a new study, it was found that even though 87% of organizations use USB drives, the majority of IT departments aren’t implementing tools to manage USB device usage. Nearly 6 out of 10 organizations (58%) do not use port control / whitelisting software to manage USB device usage.  More than a quarter of organizations (26%) do not use software-based encryption, and less than half of organizations (47%) require the deployment of encryption for data stored on the USB drive. An overwhelming 91% of employees that participated in this study thought that encrypted USB drives should be mandatory.

Help Net Security reports: "Majority of IT Departments Leave Major Holes in Their USB Drive Security"