Yet another headline story today confirmed the loss of enormous amounts of un-encrypted confidential data due to the loss of a computer memory stick. As organizations fail to recognize the risks surrounding portable data storage, Government data loss and data leakages related to lost or stolen computer memory sticks are now commonplace with the latest incident being described as a 'massive failure', this case and many other similar incidents present 'systemic failures'.

Electronic data is on the move, with over 250 million USB flash drives sold in the last three years. But such devices pose a fundamental security threat to organizations and individuals, despite the convenience of portable data storage.

The Identity Theft Resource Centre have reported that so far in 2008, leading to data theft, data on the move (laptops, PDA's, thumb drives, etc) accounts for 20.2% of data exposures. Nearly half of all cases in 2007 were related to missing or stolen devices. The European Network and Information Security Agency, despite these statistics, stated that the security of USB sticks is often neglected under organizational policies, with severe lack in security controls due to the complexities of encrypting portable data. So potentially sensitive information is being left unsecured upon such devices, which can easily be lost, stolen or compromised.

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