Picture by Antonio Guillem

by Mohamad Ashokaibi

• CFO: “I've lost my USB thumb drive. Lots of important spreadsheets were there! Do something please!”
  
  
• Project Manager: “I’ve just used my USB external drive on a contractor’s laptop who said he never had an AV. Can I use it safely on the company’s laptop again?”
  
  
• Sales Lady: “Remember the USB drive the company has given me? Seems I dropped it in that taxi yesterday while on my way home. Could I ever know what I backed up on it before leaving the office?”
  
  
• Engineering Team Lead: “Since my colleague checked her SD card on my PC this morning I don’t seem to be able to open my project documents anymore. They all are unreadable. What could it be?”
  
  

• Risk Management Head: “We have a new requirement; all USB storage devices must be blocked inside our corporate network, except company-provided sticks which must be encrypted before use. Can we do that?”