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www.AmericanSecurityToday.com March 2019 - Edition 33 (Kingston’s IronKey™ D300 USB Flash drive features an advanced level of security that builds on the features that made IronKey well-respected, to safeguard sensitive information. It’s FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified, with 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption in XTS mode.) One way to ensure that only the prop- er hardware encrypted USB drives are used is to employ DLP software on the network that incorporates endpoint management. USB drives with unique codes for specif- ic customers). Other USB drives, including IronKey drives purchased by employees, would be flagged as non-approved and not al- Endpoint management allows security lowed to attach to the Client nor the net- professionals to control which USB devices work. can be connected to Client devices. Don’t ignore the serious risk of un- For example, a policy can be set up that encrypted BYOD USB drives. limits USB drives to only Kingston IronKey drives which have only been purchased by the government for storage purposes (Kingston offers customiza- tions services to program its encrypted Implement a best practices standard and policy and insist all employees – including those that BYOD – only use encrypted USB drives. 29

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