The life cycle of the SanDisk Cruzer USB drive is managed by software called ?Central Management and Control CMC?. CMC includes the renewal and recovery of password through use of central tracking, central restore and backup, network and lost drive's remote termination. So in this way if the USB drive is lost then the data will not be lost and will be safe and protected. Replacement USB drive can be provisioned by administrators of I.T by storing user files and information on the network.

SanDisk is a major leader in developing USB data drives and has made efforts to converge the security, virtualization and authentication of USB drives. The ?enterprise division? of SanDisk has helped in creation of a complete and wide range solution for facilitating and helping the mobile professionals in the Govt. agencies and enterprises. SanDisk USB drives help them to perform and manage their work operations effectively. Enterprise division provides efficient solutions for secure management and storage of enterprise information both outside and inside environment of enterprise coupled with capabilities of authentication. SanDisk with the introduction of new technologies of ?virtualization? has enabled the Information Technology managers in increasing the productivity of their employees by mobilization of the enterprise's computing environment. SanDisk flash drives provide secure, flexible and reliable solutions at low cost. The ?risk management? requirements of the organization are addressed by the secure SanDisk USB drive.

The use of USB drives have multiplied rapidly over the recent years. The convenience and low cost of the flash drives have made them popular and are providing advantages to its users and the office workers as well. SanDisk conducted research on the risks of using unsecured USB data drives. According to the results of the research, the percentage of the corporate users who used USB drive for their daily operations were about 77 percent. The findings were that the most common data types stored by the end users on the USB drive include employee data, source code, intellectual property, business plan, marketing plan, financial and customer data. About 44 percent of the enterprise users indicated that their organization did not have any such policy that denied the copying of enterprise information onto USB drive. In response to data breach, the percentage of the I.T managers who have and are implementing the data security policies were about 67 percent.

Enterprise division of SanDisk has worked with other companies through SESTA (SanDisk Enterprise Solutions Technology Alliance) to add new innovative technologies and reliable security features to its USB drives. SESTA was established in September 2007. There are now at least 25 members of SESTA. The members include the leading major vendors of security as VeriSign, RSA, McAfee, Checkpoint Software and host of other leading organizations. Basis for the formation of SESTS is the development of solutions to minimize the risk and secure the data of the organizations in efficient way. Therefore the SanDisk flash drives provide protection at multiple levels and stages, and includes password protection, hardware based encryption, anti malware, central management and powerful authentication. There is a wide range of strong and robust SanDisk enterprise products having the built-in tough and reliable SESTA security features in the USB drives. Organization should carefully and closely analyze their needs, demands and then select the SanDisk USB products that are feasible and can effectively fulfill the organization's demands.

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