Today Dan Raywood at SC Magazine published an article about USB memory stick security challenges, and future security trends for these portable devices.
In 2009 we saw a continued escalation in reports of data loss and data theft of portable storage devices. We also saw an explosion in malware that used removable storage and Windows autorun to spread between computers and disconnected networks.
In 2009 the major vendors of secure hardware encrypted USB flash drives have added a variety of active on-board anti-malware capabilities combined with remote management software and services.
In my interview with Dan, we discussed the future of secure removable storage. Where we see these going is toward bootable and virtualized environments running from these increasingly intelligent devices.
