Best Practices for Securing USB Drives

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Daily Edge September 08, 2011 Ten USB Drive Security Best Practices According to Ponemon Institute, organizations understand they are at risk because of employees' negligence but are not taking the necessary steps to secure USB drives. The main reasons cited for not being proactive include: uncertainty about monitoring and tracking USB use in the workplace, desire not to diminish productivity and the reliance on employee integrity and trustworthiness. While these devices may be small, the data breaches that can result when lost or stolen are huge. Ponemon Institute has identified 10 best practices for managing USB drives that organizations should adopt and practice. Read more > Get the Security RSS Feed   One Dashboard — Thousands of Servers Download this software trial to simplify your management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of virtual and physical applications and servers with a single tool that scales to over 5,000 servers. Try It Now > Blogs Loraine Lawson Integration Integration Name of the Game for Social Media Rush Ann All Business of Tech Successful CIOs Serve Both Internal, External Customers Mike Vizard IT Unmasked IBM Puts $1 Billion Behind SMB Tech Projects Plan Now for Your IPv6 Migration   Check out this white paper for the best practices to plan and implement for your company's transition to IPv6. Download now > Handy Android Apps You'll Use Everyday We've collected some of the best Android apps that make life easier and generally help you on a day-to-day basis. Some are free, and some require a small fee. Contract Negotiation Strategy: Waste Less Time and Get Better Deals Negotiations are hard. We don't do them often and, as a result, we rarely do them well. Rob Enderle looks at contract negotiation as a skill and provides strategies that result in more favorable deals, less chance of litigation and better overall outcomes. Download: Project Status Template Serving as a checklist, this project management tool lists the items companies should include in a status report. Latest White Papers Cloud First IT: The Rise of the Cloud Services Network How to Estimate the Total Value of Your MDM Project BPM & Web 2.0 — Business Transformation or Total Train Wreck? The Art of Integrating Mobility into Your Phone System Featured White Papers Off the Hook: How to Negotiate a Phone System Deal This white paper provides 8 questions to ask phone system vendors before you agree to purchase. •  Hard Partitioning, Dynamic Domains — A Guide to Virtualization Technology •  Six Best Practices for ERP Implementation Success •  Lost in the Clouds: Key Concepts to Clear Up the Confusion "... the time is fast approaching when businesses will be less interested in defining 'cloud computing,' but more focused on deploying the pertinent components as part of their computing architecture." Excerpt from Paul Mah SMB Tech Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise