Apricorn Report Reveals Employers’ Shortcomings in Mitigating the Risks of Non-Secure USB Drives
Summary
The survey report, which polled nearly 300 employees across industries including education, finance, government, healthcare, legal, retail, manufacturing, and power and energy, examined year-over-year trends of USB drive usage, policies and business drivers. “Considering the increase in volume, sophistication and severity of security threats facing organizations today, it is critical that employers arm their employees with secure USB drives to prevent highly damaging data breaches,” said Mike McCandless, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Apricorn. Apricorn surveyed nearly 300 employees from industries including education, finance, government, healthcare, legal, manufacturing and retail in the fourth quarter of 2018. Headquartered in Poway, California, Apricorn provides secure storage innovations to the most prominent companies in the categories of finance, healthcare, education, and government throughout North America, Canada and EMEA. Founded in 1983, numerous award-winning products have been developed under the Apricorn brand and for a number of leading computer manufacturers on an OEM basis.