How to Protect USB flash drives?
USB flash drives are available in the markets at very affordable price to store gigabytes of data including confidential information. USB flash drives hold much more data, operate faster, have more compact shape and durable design, and run more reliably than any other devices.
These small sized USB flash drives are used for many purposes like transferring personal data; storing data, carrying application and software files; used as bootable devices; as an audio player and for Backup.
With so many advantages of using USB drives, there is a drawback that they can be easily misplaced, left behind, stolen or lost due to their small size. This can become extremely distressful if they contain sensitive data.
According to a survey about 36% USB flash drives are lost by the employees and the average cost of data breach from such incidences ranges from USD 100,000 to about USD 2.5 million.
USB Secure solves this problem by allowing you to password protect USB drive with all its data. USB Secure helps you secure flash drive, jump drive, pen drive, thumb drive and also your memory card or memory sticks. You can easily Lock USB drive just as you lock your door!
To protect USB with USB Secure all you have to do is install USB Secure on your USB flash drive and run it to password protect all the data. Password protecting your USB drive with USB Secure is very easy and simple.
Follow these simple steps to protect USB drives.
- • Plug in USB flash drive
- • Run the setup program to install USB Secure
- • Run the application directly after installation
- • If the program is already installed on your USB drive then plugging it in your PC will prompt an Autoplay window asking you two options:
- a. Open USB-Drive
- b. Protect This USB Drive
- • Click ‘Protect This USB Drive’
- • Set and confirm a password for this USB drive
- • Click ‘Ok’ and all your data will be password protected.
To Unprotect Data
To access your data again, simply enter correct password and click ‘Unprotect’. USB Secure may ask you to replace existing files if it find files and folders of similar name that needs to be unprotected. Click ‘Replace’ button or ‘Cancel’ based on your selection, your files and folders will be unprotected.
You are not required to set a new password every time you protect USB. However, if you wish to change your current password, click ‘Options’ and enter current password and then set and confirm a new password. You will also see three other options which are:
- • Enable Autoplay for This Device
- • Show Autoplay list containing USB Secure
- • Execute USB Secure on Autoplay
All these options are activated by default. However, you can enable/disable autoplay option any time by checking/un-checking the box ‘Enable Autoplay for This Device’. You may also choose ‘Show Autoplay list containing USB Secure’ and ‘Execute USB Secure on Autoplay’. To finish, click ‘Done’ button.
