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Learn about information security and USB devices

09 June 2009

Lumension looks at the information security risks with USB devices – and how to overcome them – in its latest white paper Portable Panic: Evolution of USB Insecurity.

The white paper explores how USB devices can be an information security nightmare with malware propagation, data loss and anonymous hacking, but also how devices can be encrypted and protected.

Portable Panic can be downloaded at http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/download/46

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