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In order to minimize “financial and reputational damage from misplaced, lost, or misused removable portable storage devices,” IBM has opted to ban all staff from using flash drives and similar forms of storage. Employees will have to use the company’s sync ‘n’ share service to move data around.
But the advisory also admitted that the move may be “disruptive for some.” She’s not wrong: The Register understands that frontline IBM staff sometimes need to download patches so they can be installed on devices they manage for clients and that bootable USB drives are one means of installing those patches.
But the advisory also admitted that the move may be “disruptive for some.” She’s not wrong: The Register understands that frontline IBM staff sometimes need to download patches so they can be installed on devices they manage for clients and that bootable USB drives are one means of installing those patches.