Nine out of 10 employees use USB devices, but only 20 percent of them are leveraging encryption on those devices. Apricorn surveyed more than 400 employees ages 18 to 65-plus from industries including education, finance, government, healthcare, legal, manufacturing and retail. Only 15 percent ask permission to use a USB drive, while 50 percent are required to seek permission. 70 percent of employees maintain that USB drives improve the efficiency of their IT operations and increase their organizations IT operations. For more on the findings of The Current State of USB Data Protection, please email [email protected].”]