Portable storage and data loss

Abstract

Data loss or leakage occurs in many organizations, frequently with significant impacts, both in terms of incident-handling costs and of damage to the organization's reputation. In this paper, the author considers information leakage related to portable storage - for example, your laptop hard-disk - and what might best mitigate that. This article briefly considers some recent incidents, describe practical mitigation steps, and look at how we might plan, in advance, for handling such events.