Risks associated with lost USB drives aside, there are still numerous other security measures to be addressed. More recently, in 2017, MAPFRE Life Insurance Company paid a $2.2 million HIPAA breach settlement after a flash drive that contained confidential health information from over 2,200 people was stolen. This news followed a similar announcement in December in which that same department lost a drive holding 5,000 individuals’ personal information. In 2013, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) announced that an employee had lost a portable drive containing the financial and loan information (including names and social insurance numbers) of over half a million Canadians. Take the Canadian Government as a prime example.

Like me, you have likely either lost or misplaced those portable devices over time and thought little of it. Were they completely wiped before leaving your care or simply deleted? Ideally, old USB drives should be shredded, but that rarely happens. These days, you don’t own USB drives, you rent them. Of that total, how many could you easily locate? Three? Maybe four? USB drives are so small, cheap, and replaceable that they have essentially become disposable. How many USB flash and thumb drives have you owned in your life? Counting giveaways from conferences and trade shows, I would estimate my number would be well north of 30.

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