I'm looking for some form of secure USB drive that will work on any PC and which does not require any form of installation or elevated privileges.
Basically, I'm trying to sort out a way of transferring (non-confidential) data between 2 PCs at work, and the IT department are being completely obstructive.
Essentially, part of my job description is to provide regular educational seminars and lectures for junior staff. To illustrate my talks I need images (appropriately redacted) but which are sourced from our confidential data system.
The problem is that all the PCs at work are set up not to recognise USB drives, except those models which the IT department have approved as secure. Any other USB stick is simply not detected. IT will not budge on this policy. I've already taken it to my manager, and it's gone up the chain to the CIO, who has basically said "No exceptions". I've even tried e-mailing it after redacting the images in windows paint. But, hotmail, gmail, hushmail, etc. are all blocked.
The problem is that the seminar room PCs are managed by the audio-visual tech department (not IT) who contract out the IT management. These PCs are locked down tight, with basically nothing except powerpoint, media player and quicktime. The problem is that they won't run secure USB sticks, as the software won't install and anyway, the IT manager for them has said that they will not support the PCs if any unauthorised software (including the USB stick drivers) is installed. Again, I've tried to get this sorted - but they will not budge.
So, I'm basically trying to find a stick that will work in both PCs. If I can find one, hopefully, I can get IT to change their software to allow it. As it is, I have to bring in my laptop. Save the data to a secure USB stick, load it on my laptop. Redact the data on my laptop. Then save to a normal stick, for the seminar. IT don't know about this, but seeing as they will not help, I don't know what else to do. At least my laptop has FDE, so the unredacted data should be safe.
A further part of the problem is that IT has disabled the 'screen capture' function in the software - on 'data security' grounds. The thing is, the built in screen capture, automatically redacts any confidential data *before* capturing the screen, meaning that the captured image contains no confidential data. Instead, I have to use the 'print screen' key and paste the image into windows paint. This doesn't change the USB issue though.
Basically, I'm trying to sort out a way of transferring (non-confidential) data between 2 PCs at work, and the IT department are being completely obstructive.
Essentially, part of my job description is to provide regular educational seminars and lectures for junior staff. To illustrate my talks I need images (appropriately redacted) but which are sourced from our confidential data system.
The problem is that all the PCs at work are set up not to recognise USB drives, except those models which the IT department have approved as secure. Any other USB stick is simply not detected. IT will not budge on this policy. I've already taken it to my manager, and it's gone up the chain to the CIO, who has basically said "No exceptions". I've even tried e-mailing it after redacting the images in windows paint. But, hotmail, gmail, hushmail, etc. are all blocked.
The problem is that the seminar room PCs are managed by the audio-visual tech department (not IT) who contract out the IT management. These PCs are locked down tight, with basically nothing except powerpoint, media player and quicktime. The problem is that they won't run secure USB sticks, as the software won't install and anyway, the IT manager for them has said that they will not support the PCs if any unauthorised software (including the USB stick drivers) is installed. Again, I've tried to get this sorted - but they will not budge.
So, I'm basically trying to find a stick that will work in both PCs. If I can find one, hopefully, I can get IT to change their software to allow it. As it is, I have to bring in my laptop. Save the data to a secure USB stick, load it on my laptop. Redact the data on my laptop. Then save to a normal stick, for the seminar. IT don't know about this, but seeing as they will not help, I don't know what else to do. At least my laptop has FDE, so the unredacted data should be safe.
A further part of the problem is that IT has disabled the 'screen capture' function in the software - on 'data security' grounds. The thing is, the built in screen capture, automatically redacts any confidential data *before* capturing the screen, meaning that the captured image contains no confidential data. Instead, I have to use the 'print screen' key and paste the image into windows paint. This doesn't change the USB issue though.
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