Has SanDisk Solved USB Device Security?
By David Needle February 6, 2007 The convenience of tiny Flash drives is also their downfall when it comes to IT security. The hugely popular tiny Flash devices, also called “thumb” and “keychain” drives, provide an easy way to move files from desktop to notebook computer and transport files and data in your pocket. But that ease-of-use can be a nightmare for IT departments that worry about any non-authorized software that might be introduced to their networks by the Flash drives, as well as what sensitive corporate information might be removed. SanDisk would like to change all that with TrustWatch, an integrated suite of applications that works only with SanDisk Flash drives introduced this week at the RSA security conference. In some cases, government agencies and corporations have had the USB ports glued shut to prevent USB devices from being attached. TrustWatch is built around a secure network appliance and a management console designed to let IT administrators easily configure an
