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The increase in USB-related security incidents, especially from insider threats, underlines the critical need for strict USB management and encryption in enterprises. A 2023 Mandiant report revealed a 3X increase in…

In February 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 introduced a new feature called Group Policy. This feature was designed to provide centralized management and configuration of Active Directory domain users and computer settings,…

Whether it be PII, financial data, or company IP, organizations are under constant pressure to safeguard their sensitive data from insider threats, data breaches, and accidental loss. To help address this challenge, the…

Go back ten years, and there wasn’t a month that went by without reports of a USB memory stick containing customer PII being lost or stolen. Since that time, improved security awareness, and technology, have reduced such incidents.…

USB flash drives have been the root cause of some of the biggest data breaches of the last twenty years. USBs are not only easy to lose, forget, and steal due to their size but have become a widespread malware infection tool as…

Removable devices have become commonplace tools in today’s work environment. They include everything from optical disks and memory cards to smartphones, USB flash drives, and external hard drives. An advantage of removable…

Removable devices have long been a threat to data security. From employees copying sensitive data onto unsecure devices to malicious outsiders attacking a corporate network through infected USBs, the risks they pose are…

We’ve recently released a major product update, and we thought it’d come in handy to let you know more about the improvements added to Endpoint Protector 5.2.0.9. In this article, we’ll cover the upgrades of the Device Control…

Law firms regularly collect and use highly sensitive data as part of the services they offer individuals and companies. Because they are not part of a highly regulated sector like health or finance, they are known to invest…

With the rise of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policies and the proliferation of personal devices, organizations often risk losing data due to employee negligence or malicious intentions. After all, no matter how secure…

Have you ever found a USB stick in a random location or received one in the letterbox? Just stop for a few seconds before plugging it into your computer and remember that curiosity killed the cat and your computer doesn’t have…

In 2016 – the year of IoT innovations, wearable technology, and cloud computing – we have discovered some interesting facts. What is considered by many an “old-fashioned”, obsolete or close to extinction tool – the USB storage…

Not long ago we faced the BadUSB threat and now, security researchers have discovered another sophisticated malware which can spread through USB devices. The “USB Thief”, as it is called, seems to be a highly specialized…