SanDisk Corp

That's more than double the 35% corporate IT respondentsestimated, the flash drive manufacturer reports. The USB orUniversal Serial Bus standard has been around about 13 years. Butthanks to improved technology, there's been explosive growth in theuse of USB flash drives. However, because USB flash drives areportable and easy to lose, they create significant data loss risksand potentially serious security threats.

Gil Mildworth, senior director of marketing for SanDisk'senterprise division, notes that data leaks can result in identitytheft, loss of trade secrets and financial damage to organizations."Corporate IT execs need more effective policies, education andtechnology solutions to mitigate the risks. Only a top-down effortinvolving intelligent device management, data monitoring andcentralized policy enforcement will sufficiently reduce risks,while allowing organizations to reap the productivity benefits ofenhanced mobility," he says.