Small
size and low costs combined with immense storage
capacity make USB drives wonderfully useful,
yet incredibly dangerous. Because theyre
small, these devices are easy to lose or use
for corporate espionage. Their huge storage
capability increases the potential amount
of data at risk.
In
a McAfee-sponsored survey, 55 percent of respondents
claimed that they regularly brought documents
out of the workplace on a USB drive. Of those,
17 percent admitted they accidentally left
their USB drive in a public place.
McAfee
Encrypted USB protects data from leaving your
companys control through USB drives.
McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices feature
powerful encryption technology and strong
access controls to ensure that information
copied and stored on them is safe and can
only be read by authorized persons.
Data
is automatically encrypted on the fly
with virtually no impact on performance. Because
the encryption happens transparently to users,
there is no interaction or training necessary.
Each
Encrypted USB storage device is capable of
supporting multiple end users. Users maintain
their own secure, password-protected partitions.
When users enter their passwords, it unlocks
the device and grants users access to their
data.
Administrators
can also create an optional public area
in which to store information that doesnt
need to be encrypted.
Centralized
management enables you to centrally define
and enforce securities policies to ensure
data stored on devices remains protected in
case they are lost or stolen. It also allows
you to deploy and manage any number of Encrypted
USB storage devices and users. In addition,
you can leverage your existing Microsoft Active
Directory implementation to match users and
Encrypted USB devices.
Finally,
Encrypted USB helps you meet your compliance
goals with extensive auditing capabilities.
For example, prove that a McAfee USB device
was encrypted at the time it was lost.