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Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc ----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a
Transferring data from one computer to another has alwaysbeen a need since the time we all started using computers. Whether is takingassignments for college, universities or be it an office project that you havebeen working on at home. There was atime when the only medium available was floppy disks and it was supposed to bea blessing for all of us. Though it was a trouble carrying data in thosediskettes due to their unreliability, disks not getting read at a differentlocation and above all, the size of data that you could carry was just a mere1.44 MB. The most appreciated and market capturing invention of USB drives in1999 by Amir Ban, Dov Moran and Oron Ogdan gave this troublesome procedure ofcarrying data a new revolution.USB drives are now the most commonly used medium to transferdata between computers. USB Flash drive, Thumb Drives and Pen Drives are thecommon names used for these drives. The answer to why these drives have becomethe most popular and common medium to transfer data is simple, USB drives, USB Flash drives, Thumb Drive andPen drives are cheap in price, verysmall in size and at the same time allows you to carry gigabytes of data withyou. There are lots of companies who areproducing these drives in different shapes and sizes. As of January 2012 drives of 256GB wereavailable, 512GB and 1 terabytes (TB) drives were in planning. Along with convenience comes the unwanted threat of databeing exposed to severe risks of data leaks and data theft. Because of their small size there is always agreat possibility of such mishaps, what would happen if your USB drive getsstolen or you misplace it?Most of us (including me) are not concerned about securingdata on USB Portable drives until we experience a similar incident. I got to know about this threat when I almostgot fired from my job just because I lost my USB drive containing around 35 GBsof official data. (I dont know if itactually got misplaced or somebody stole it). At first it wasnt a big dealsince I have a habit of keeping everything backed up on my PC but then couldntneglect the risk of my drive getting into wrong hands. That was the last daywhen I kept my data unsecured on a portable drive.We hear thousands of similar stories daily on internet fromour friends, colleagues but never give an ear to them just because we think weare too smart to lose this little thing. Mishaps can happen anytime with anyone, whytake the unnecessary risk? I recommend using USB Security software to keep your dataprotected on your USB drives just in case you encounter a similar incident.These software are usually very small and light weighed applications thatpassword protects USB drive and all your files and folders stored on it. Thereare some very easy and user-friendly applications to Secure USBdrive that gets installed directly on these USB drives, Flash Drives, ThumbsDrives, Pen drives, SD cards and even external drives of sizes as huge as 1Terabyte and then you can plug-in these drives on any computer andprotect/unprotect your data without requiring any additional installation. Keepin mind, your USB drive might be cheap but the data you are carrying,priceless!For more information please visit http://www.newsoftwares.net/usb-secure/
USB,Drives,and,their,Security,