Wayne Driscoll wrote on 5/26/2006 11:07 AM:
Which is why some financial firms are reported to consider banning possesion
of those devices on company grounds. Much the way that some companies once
(tried to) ban employees from bringing floppy disks into the workplace.
Good luck. As implied, it didn't work then with floppies and it won't
work now. I've seen a USB pen device made to look EXACTLY like an
expensive pen, and it did function as a pen. I didn't understand what
it was until I disassembled it and discovered a USB connector inside.
BTW, isn't the problem bringing media _out_, not _in_?
The problem needs to be fixed via policies, education, and vetting of
employees. I once worked at a high security site where for the longest
time they only inspected things on the way IN! Eventually they started
inspecting on the way out, which made it _slightly_ more difficult when
I was taking mainframe tapes out. If they'd made it difficult enough
for me to take tapes out I would have simply had the department
secretary ship them out via U.S. Mail or FedEx.
Today I'd just email the stuff out.
/Leonard
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