Establish and Enforce Policies

Establish guidelines for how to use USB Flash drives and other electronic portable storage media correctly.Begin by:establishing a policy that grants access to those individuals and groups who require access to and/or download of sensitive and confidential data stored on encrypted USB and external drives.policy documentation for IT teams and end users.requiring all employees to attend training and sign a post-training agreement to learn about acceptable use policies and the consequences of not following them.

USB and external drives have the potential to be the downfall of your data security strategy if you do not have the appropriate policies in place for everyone to follow.

The first and most significant step is establishing a policy.In addition, the Ponemon study found that nearly half of businesses confirmed that they had lost devices containing confidential or sensitive information within the 24 months preceding the survey.