Computer Security Best Practices for Removable Media and Devices

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Removable media and devices are portable hardware. The most common is a USB flash drive but other forms could be an external hard drive or SD card.

When it comes to cyber security best practices, removable media and devices must only be plugged or inserted into your computer if you trust/know the source. For example, if you found a USB flash drive in the grass near your office www.avg.com/activate, there’s a chance it wasn’t dropped there by  Computer Security  accident but planted there. A cyber attacker would try avg internet security to social engineer someone into plugging the device into a computer avg.com/retail  . Whether the intention is to find out Install Avg With License Number activation who it belongs to or keep it, the attacker wins and could successfully execute whatever malicious software might be pre-installed on the removable media or device.

Plugging or inserting only trusted removable media or devices into  Computer Security  your computer is the best protection against this type of attack. Other preventive and detective measures would be:

• Install, run, and update anti-malware/anti-virus software on your computer.
• Do not enable auto-run features. These features avg internet security automatically run whatever programs are installed on the media or device.
• Delete data on your computer, media, or device once its  www.avg.com/activate usefulness has expired Install Avg With License Number activation. Redundancy of data results in more  Computer Security  potential risks avg.com/retail  .
• Use a data blocker.
• Use strong passwords and rotate them www.avg.com/activate if you suspect they’ve been compromised.

 

As always, be extra careful with anything Install Avg With License Number activation that does not come avg internet security from sources you trust. That extra care is avg.com/retail   one of your best defenses against security issues  Computer Security .