What You'll Learn Today:

Removable Media

Receive or stumble upon a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive, flash drive, external hard drive, compact disc (CD), DVD, SD card, floppy disk (just checking to make sure you’re still paying attention!)?

We’re here to offer some advice to keep you safe and guide you in protecting your own removable devices.

To Insert Or Not To Insert, That’s The Question?

Be cautious of any removable media you find. Turn it into your security or IT department

If you need to send large files, use an alternate means. Your organization likely has an approved file sharing service

Scan all removeable media with anti-malware software. Should be automatic, but you need to ensure it is scanned

Do not accept free or promotional drives. You do not know the origin of these devices

Limit your use of removeable media

When looking to protect any data you place on a removable device:

Erase any data and reformat the removable device once a secure transfer has taken place
Encrypt all data placed on your removable device
Keep the encryption key secure