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0 pointswoofcat2y ago0 comments

The one place I know that is this secure, you hand the thumb-drives to security who scan them and verify the contents are of no risk before handing them back. The same on exit.

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Jtsummers2y ago

I'm surprised they're permitting thumb drives at all. External drives are common though, usually specifically cleared one. Every gov't office and gov't related contractor I've been involved with got the memo over a decade ago that thumb drives are not to be trusted. They go through and whitelist specific external drives and also permit bringing in (and usually shredding after) optical disks (CD or DVD). Optionally they use a "data diode" to bring data into the network.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network

ponyboy1232y ago

I’m surprised they allowed security to review the contents, and didn’t just allow the thumb drives to flow in a single direction

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0 pointswoofcat2y ago0 comments

The one place I know that is this secure, you hand the thumb-drives to security who scan them and verify the contents are of no risk before handing them back. The same on exit.

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Jtsummers2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network

ponyboy1232y ago

I’m surprised they allowed security to review the contents, and didn’t just allow the thumb drives to flow in a single direction

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