USB 'menace' leaves employers exposed

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Most UK companies are taking no steps to stop their employees connecting insecure high-tech consumer devices into corporate networks, according to research published today by encryption and security firm BeCrypt.
Its Mobile Enterprise Security Study 2004, which looked at the workplace use of portable gadgets with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection – one of the main standards for connecting devices to computers – found that 85% of employers had no security policy in place that controlled... (354 more words)

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