IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on Thursday May 10, 2018 @05:20AM from the in-the-meanwhile dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: In an advisory to employees, IBM global chief Information security officer Shamla Naidoo said the company "is expanding the practise of prohibiting data transfer to all removable portable storage devices (eg: USB, SD card, flash drive)." The advisory stated some pockets of IBM have had this policy for a while, but "over the next few weeks we are implementing this policy worldwide." Big Blue's doing this because "the possible financial and reputational damage from misplaced, lost or misused removable portable storage devices must be minimised." IBMers are advised to use Big Blue's preferred sync 'n' share service to move data around.

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Re:Not to worry by hey! · 2018-05-10 06:38 · Score: 4, Funny

You're supposed to us IBM Cloud Services to leak data.

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Re:I guess nobody told them by Anonymous Coward · 2018-05-10 06:40 · Score: 2, Funny

Suddenly, a wild pedant appears...