Lax USB stick security causing havoc

**Glaswegian** · 05-30-2007, 12:45 PM

Security professionals routinely carry around portable storage devices loaded with sensitive work-related data, potentially putting company information at risk.

According to a straw poll carried out at Infosecurity Europe last month, 90 per cent of the 12,000 attendees routinely carried portable storage devices.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...ionals-lax-usb

JohnthePilot · 05-30-2007, 12:54 PM

That's quite amazing, particularly as these are supposed to be security professionals.

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