Flash drive security goes beyond encryption | Government Security News

Flash drive security goes beyond encryption | Government Security News

Remote management

Remote management is really the most advanced development in flash drive security over the past few years. With remote management, organizations can centrally manage their flash drives anywhere in the world, via the Internet.

One of the main features of remote management is the ability to disable or delete lost or stolen devices. This is an incredibly powerful feature that acts as an additional safeguard for organizations that handle sensitive data. A lost drive can be reported to an IT administrator and, if not recovered in a reasonable amount of time, be scheduled for deletion to insure that the data won’t be compromised.

Even if the drive is plugged into a computer without Internet access, it can be pre-set by an IT administrator to disable or delete in the event it can’t access the remote management application