Watching the USB Watch

Intelligent property theft is a major concern of many enterprise chief security officers. There are numerous methods of competitors and countries to steal intelligent property. Some are traditional such as talking with employees to gain information. Some are emerging and based on technology advantages. Take, for example, the universal serial bus (USB) standard being embedded in numerous appliances and devices. The USB watch, for instance, can be a useful device for the busy professional. It allows one to carry PowerPoint presentations, documents and even recorded lectures in a small case. Since it is worn as a wrist watch, it is not easily forgotten as with the case of flash drives. The USB watch has varying capacities between 64MB and 1GB.