Almost 19
years back from today, Toshiba invented the memory. The name ‘flash’ was
derived from the way by which memory was erased redolent of the camera i.e.
“Flash”. It was just the flash memory that was invented by Toshiba; the first USB
drive was introduced by Intel in1988. When these two drives (Flash drive and
USB drives) were merged to form a device, USB flash drive was invented. In
early 2000, Trek Corporation was the first one to launch a proper USB flash
drive in the market. The first USB flash drive that was available in the market
had the capacity to store only 8MB of data. Latter, IBM captured the North
American market introducing this amazing drive there. The USB flash drive has
become much more capable and powerful since its evolution. Like every
invention, it takes ages to make it perfect, similarly, USB jump drives have
passed through several stages, and the drive we use today are almost 3000 times
more competent than the first USB flash drive. USB flash drive had the
capability to store much more than a standard CD (Compact Disk), it was easy to
carry. The USB flash drives were and are as small as the size of human thumb.
That is why, this amazing portable data storing device has several names such
as; thumb drive, flash drive, jump drive and some others.
USB flash
drive has easily become the ruler of the market of the portable data storing
devices, but, still, these drives are the perfect ones. If you study the result
of the surveys conducted to know the trends of data breach, you would probably
found that this small data storing device is on the top of the list that leaks
data. Other than that, these USB memory sticks are the ones that are to be
blamed for spreading viruses. Studies have suggested that more than quarter of
the malware is being spread through these portable data storing devices. USB
flash drive has also given employees, and other workers to steal data easier
than ever before. The employees are allowed to bring their devices to work
according to the new principle BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), this principle is
adopted by the companies to increase the output of the employees. Other than
that, employees want to take their data home so that they can complete their
task at home. This can boost their performance and can bring bigger
opportunities for them ahead. Among these kind of employees, there are also
some workers who do not have the same intentions and they take data to sell it
to some other competitor or organization.
The biggest
threat is imposed to the data by USB flash drive is due to its small size.
These drives are tough to take care of and are very much prone to getting lost
or stolen. The majority of the user of these drives does not pay serious
attention towards its security and keep the thumb drive unsecure. The users can
make their data that is saved in the USB flash drive secure by using security
software that cans Secure USB. Even if you misplace or
lose your portable drive, your data will remain inaccessible for any crook.
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