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Colleges Wrestle With Thumb Drives

Posted by kdawson on from the just-too-convenient dept.

Lucas123 writes "IT managers at colleges and universities are grappling with the problem of finding ways to better secure removable storage media in an environment that encourages information sharing. Draconian security mandates 'may be common in the corporate world, but "we don't have the flexibility to simply say all inbound traffic is locked down," said Jason Pufahl, information security team lead for IT services at the University of Connecticut.'"

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  1. Re:What the hell is this about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Short article without much of a point. Bringing up a problem everyone knows about... mentions two companies though. I'd say it's all about advertising those two companies. Good thing Slashdot is playing along.

  2. Re:am I? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go back to Digg, please.

  3. you FAIl it.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Troubles of Walnut = 36640 FreeBSD