The Pentagon has banned introduced a ban on USB flash drives and other portable devices due to a virus threat to Defense Department networks in the US.
While the bank has not been publicly acknowledged, messages were apparently sent to department employees informing them of the new restrictions. Under the new rules, USB drives that had been issued to staff or purchased privately are being collected from their owners.
According to reports, there is no news on how long the ban will last.
Perhaps defense IT specialists would be interested to learn that solutions exist to prevent unwanted content from USB sticks getting onto the corporate network or - perhaps even more importantly - being used to copy sensitive material from the network?!
