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On no, not GDPR! So what does GDPR have to do with USB drives? Great
question – please read on!
If you haven’t been living under a rock in the last month, you might have
heard about this little thing called the ‘General Data Protection
Regulation’ – GDPR in short.
Maybe like us, you have been getting tons of ‘privacy policy
updates - from companies you didn’t even realise you were subscribed to.
On the long term, GDPR is THE way forward and will be great for consumers
and how companies manage the data they have about us. On the short term,
compliance is proving more difficult for SMEs as
only 8% of small businesses will be GDPR complaint by the deadline
. Even with bigger organisations,
apparently only 52% of organisations will be ready
and other companies are
restricting their services to EU consumers
until they can adapt their system to comply with the new regulation.
There are tons of sites that discuss the extent and breath of GDPR; the ICO and this
European site
is a good resource. I mean, this stuff (regulation) is 88 pages long – no
wonder most people do not fully understand the requirement.
Luckily, this blog is strictly about “how to make your company USB drives GDPR Compliant”
To put this clearly without much fanfare, GDPR extends to securing personal
data held on USB flash drives and
personal computers. Does that mean you should throw away your existing USB
sticks or go out and buy new GDPR compliant encrypted USBs?
Let’s get into it. Upfront, the solution is……… ENCRYPTED USB DRIVES.
Our hope is to give you the best advice possible and load up instruction
videos of how you can do this. We will discuss
Whether you are moving or storing personal data on your USB memory stick,
there are 2 basic ways to secure your USB flash drives or external hard
drives.
The 2 ways are:
1. SOFTWARE ENCRYPTION
2. HARDWARE ENCRYPTION
For software encryption, we have researched the 5 best portableapps that will make your
USB drives GDPR compliant. We will be sharing these software, how to
install onto your USB drive and their respective benefits over the coming
weeks.
For hardware encryption, an example is our
ENC-001 hardware encrypted USB drives
.
If you can’t wait for us to complete the blogs and edit the videos, please
send us an email (sales@usb-extra.co.uk) re any
questions relating to how to make your USB drives GDPR compliant.
THIS IS AN ONGOING INSTRUCTIONAL BLOG AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS
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