Did you know you can personalize Kanguru USB Flash Drives?

Custom Engraving

Volume orders of Kanguru flash drives qualify for custom engraving, allowing you to label your flash drives with text, artwork, a company logo or other identifiable information. They are great as promotional tools, give-aways or prizes for marketing activities. A custom engraved flash drive is a great gift and is sure to make a lasting impression with customers and clients.

Unique Identifiers

Kanguru flash drives can be embedded with unique ID’s for use with Kanguru Remote Management Console (KRMC) and other endpoint security software.

Unique ID’s allow you to assign, track and monitor flash drive usage. Know who, when and where drives are being used across your organization.

Data Preload

Kanguru USB flash drives can be preloaded with data enabling you to distribute sales & marketing material such as Powerpoint presentations, PDF sales sheets, images, video and more. Pass them out at trade shows and meetings for extra marketing impact!

Sample Engraved Drives

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Data Security, Portable Storage

According to a new study by the Ponemon Institute, 75% of the energy and utility companies that were surveyed experienced a data breach within the last year.

“We were surprised that utility companies didn’t put a higher priority on issues like smart grid and smart meters, where there’s been a lot of concern about cyberthreats,” says Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of Ponemon Institute. “Many of the people we talked to are still more focused on physical security than on cybersecurity.”

One possible attack vector being used against power companies is unsecured USB flash drives.  This was reported to be a big factor in the spread of Stuxnet last year.  Energy, utility and manufacturing companies should be taking extra measures to be sure only secure devices are plugging into industrial control equipment.

Malware, Portable Storage

Out with the old, in with the new.  As Kanguru continues to increase production of our flagship Defender Elite secure USB flash drive, we have phased out the previous generation Defender and Defender Pro models.  Clearance inventory can now be purchased at discounted prices here.

The older products are great for organizations that are concerned about security, but might not need the stringent requirements of FIPS 140-2 certification.  The Defender and Defender Pro use strong AES hardware encryption and do not require any software, drivers or administrator rights to use.  Check our clearance page for daily updates.

Data Security, Portable Storage

The Examplas blog picks up on a recent SC Magazine story:

We were intrigued to find out the results of a recent survey of dry cleaners today.  Yes, that’s right, dry cleaners.  How on earth could that possibly be of interest to us at Exemplas, you cry?  Well, because of one nugget of information that leapt out at us- more than 17,000 USB sticks were left in items of clothing deposited at the dry cleaners in 2010!

The survey canvassed more than 500 dry cleaners and launderettes in the UK and found that USB sticks continue to turn up where they don’t belong.

Data Security, Portable Storage

The loss of an unencrypted portable hard drive containing private health information has proven extremely costly and time consuming for Health Net, Inc., and Health Net of the Northeast, Inc. 

The health insurance company is now being fined $55,000 by the State of Vermont and must also submit to a data-security audit and file reports with the State regarding the company’s information security programs for the next two years.

“The lawsuit is Vermont’s first enforcement action under the Security Breach Notice Act and the second HIPAA enforcement action of its kind since state attorneys general were given HIPAA enforcement authority in 2009.”

Read more at Infosec Island.

Data Security, Healthcare

Don’t let an unsecure flash drive cause business disruption, productivity loss, revenue loss, and fines.

Recent events in the news have demonstrated the ease with which portable devices can be used to steal confidential data.

Avoid your own personal Wikileaks by securing your USB flash drives.  Kanguru’s secure flash drives and remote management capabilities provide excellent protection against data leaks.

The Kanguru Defender Elite coupled with Kanguru Remote Management Console (KRMC) give CIO’s and CISO’s an unprecedented level of control over their flash drives.  Data breaches can be prevented with features such as:

Remote Disable/Delete – Remotely disable or delete devices compromised by rogue employees to protect sensitive information and prevent data breaches.

Domain/IP Control – Restrict drive usage to approved domains & IP ranges and prevent unauthorized use in external networks.

Offline Restrictions – Control whether devices can be used offline. Prevent unauthorized use in external networks.

Auditing and Reporting – KRMC enforces a full audit trail with detailed graphical reporting and the ability to export both customizable audit logs and graphs for external analysis to ensure proper compliance.

Data Security, Financial, Government, Portable Storage

Data breaches that expose confidential medical data are costing healthcare providers $6 Billion a year.  SC Magazine reports on a new study by the Ponemon Institute and the results are not good.

The top three causes of breaches were unintentional employee action, lost or stolen computing devices and third-party accidents. The average number of lost or stolen records per breach was 1,769.

The survey found that breaches have cost the U.S. health care system $12 billion over the past two years. The economic impact of a data breach was approximately $2 million per organization over a two-year period.

Expect the number of records per breach to increase as portable devices continue to grow in capacity and shrink in price.  Employees may have good intentions when they take the entire database home with them, but data breaches often result when a car is broken into or a thumb drive slips out the pocket.  Healthcare organizations need a policy for securing USB devices and it needs to be enforced automatically.

Data Security, Healthcare, Portable Storage

The UK Treasury Solicitor’s Department has published a new document that outlines security requirements for Counsel and Barristers.  The TSol guidance document (PDF) recommends using only FIPS 140-2 validated encryption products, and provides tips for choosing an encryption vendor.

FIPS 140-2 validation is a comprehensive process that requires testing by an accredited security lab.  Kanguru has now completed FIPS 140-2 certification with three generations of Secure USB Flash Drives:  Kanguru MicroDrive AES, Kanguru Bio AES, and the new Kanguru Defender Elite, which is compatible with Mac and Windows, as well as Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux.

Data Security, Government, Portable Storage

Defense Systems has a great explanation of the Stuxnet worm that is targeting industrial machines and may have been an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities.  Kevin Coleman writes that the “Stuxnet worm was highly sophisticated – perhaps the most sophisticated attack that is known to the public thus far, leading some in the field to proclaim the piece of code the best malware ever.”

A commenter on the article asks why critical machines would be connected to the public internet and made vulnerable to such attacks.  Dark Reading points out that even if the machines are isolated, they can be breached using USB sticks:

PLCs and control systems had been considered relatively insulated from the outside world and attack because they aren’t typically Internet-connected. But Stuxnet drove home the worst-kept secret that these systems still are connected to Windows or other machines that can get infected — in this case, by a USB stick — and therefore aren’t as protected as they had seemed.

An easy solution would be to use Endpoint Security or Group Policy to block USB sticks unless they have built-in anti-virus protection like the Kanguru Defender Elite.

Malware

This week Kanguru introduced a revamped USB Duplicator product set that features higher speeds and additional support for USB Hard Drives and SSDs.  Available in 11-, 21- and 43- Target models, the Kanguru USB Duplicator is capable of transfer rates up to 33 MB/s per USB port.  No PC required!

Also available is the Kanguru USB Copy Pro, a low-cost PC-based hub for copying USB flash drives.

Duplication