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Datasource: a study conducted by Kingston Technology.Sample size: 3412 employees from companies from different industries in Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

What can the IT decision maker do to prevent data leaks

In 10% USB drives were stolen

10%

40% unclearwhathappened

40%

50% were lost

50%

What happened to the USB drives that disappeared

Carelessness of the employee is the biggest risk

91% of the USB drivesdo not use hardware-based encryption

91%

In 49% of companies, USB drives have disappeared

49%

In 24% of companies,employees savesensitive dataon USB drives.

24%

But they come with substantial risks of a data leak.

In 71% ofcompanies thereare more than5 USB drivesin use

71%

24% of employees use more than 5 USB drives

24%

USB drives are the faithful companion in professional life.

An underrated riskVESUSB DR

!Educate and train employees

Create awareness of the problem

Set and implement policies

Use hardware-based encrypted USB drives

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