The reality of risks from consented use of USB devices

Proceedings of 4th Australian Information Security Management Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Al Zarouni, Marwan ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Password auditing; Physical computer security; Small digital device forensics; USB device auditing; USB Device Security

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY; INTEGRAL PART; PASSWORD AUDITING; PHYSICAL ATTACKS; PHYSICAL SECURITY; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SECURITY THREATS; SMALL DEVICES; SMALL DIGITAL DEVICE FORENSICS; USB DEVICES; USB FLASH DRIVES; USB PORTS;

DIGITAL DEVICES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84864565207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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