subject: How Can You Protect USB Data From Thieves? [print this page] How Can You Protect USB Data From Thieves?
If you move files between computers using a Flash USB stick then you almost certainly need to protect USB data from theft and prying eyes. The tools that come with Windows are primitive and easy for even an inexperienced hacker to get around after just a few minutes searching on the internet, so if you truly want or need to protect USB data then you'll need to do better than Windows does.
Fortunately, that's easy to do. There are lots of different software programs out there which will achieve your aim of protecting your USB data files.
The trouble is that a lot of these were written by techies. If you've got a degree in geek speak then you'll have no problem using them. But for the rest of us, following instructions that seem to have been written by aliens from another galaxy isn't as easy.
So you need to narrow down your search for pen drive security software that will protect USB data to programs that are both easy to use and as secure as possible.
The ideal specification is a program that is as easy to use as Windows but uses a data security routine that would cause the NSA to freak and give up.
Which sounds a tall order but actually isn't.
Advances in software technology means that data encryption that only a handful of years ago would have needed a Cray supercomputer to work are now available to anyone at the click of a mouse.
So finding software to protect USB data is actually a breeze!
