The latest issue of State Tech Magazine highlights a great feature of the Kanguru Defender and Defender Elite - the ability to track and manage USB drives in the field.

One feature of the Kanguru Defender drives that Conover appreciates is the ability to remotely set a password and wipe the drive clean if necessary. The agency has about 12 offices throughout the state, many of which are several hours away from headquarters in Albany.

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Government, Portable Storage

Oklahoma has recently suffered several data breaches involving lost laptops and USB flash drives.  Oklahoma is not the only state to struggle with data security, but they are one of only four states that do not have a Chief Information Officer.  With budgets shrinking, it will be interesting to see how States weigh the upfront cost of implementing encryption with the potentially higher cost of a data breach.

Tulsa World editorializes here.  An Oklahoma State Rep blogs about proposed legislation here.

Data Security, Government

The Kanguru Bio AES encrypted USB Flash Drive has completed FIPS 140-2 certification.  FIPS 140-2 is a comprehensive 3rd-party testing process that certifies the encryption module for use in US and Canadian Government applications.  The standard is also seen as stamp-of-approval by other Government and Corporate security professionals.

Kanguru Bio AES features a built-in fingerprint sensor for 2-factor authentication (bio and password).  Kanguru will offer a FIPS 140-2 version of the drive to both Government and Commercial users.  The FIPS certificate and security document are posted by NIST here.

Data Security, Government

Government entities are leading the way in data breaches so far this year.

According to ITRC, a nonprofit organization whose work is supported by a Justice Department grant, the government and military sector were the chief offenders, accounting for 78 percent of all exposed records with just 22 breaches.

To be fair, the bulk of those records were lost in a single incident at the Arkansas Dept of Information Services.  Among other sectors, banking and financial companies did the least amount of damage, with 12 breaches and 288 records exposed.

Data Security, Financial, Government, Healthcare