"Pod Slurping" Is it happening on your network?
- By Ian Taylor
- Published 13/11/2008
Hands up, who's heard of "Pod slurping"?
Pod slurping is the act of using a portable data storage device such as an iPod digital audio player to illicitly download large quantities of confidential data by directly plugging it into a computer where the data is held, and which may be on the inside of a firewall. Read more on pod slurping and Wikipedia.
"It is a huge relief to know that our confidential information can't be loaded onto someone’s iPod and walk out the door.” says Tom Vanden Bosch, Network Administrator at Founders Bank & Trust, one of GuadianEdge's clients.
Can you say that with as much confidence? Are you concerned about your organization’s exposure to data loss and data leakage? Would you be interested in a free tool that assists you in assessing this exposure?
GuardianEdge Device Control Auditor can be installed within a couple of minutes, and requires no software installation on endpoints. Yet, it provides you with highly granular data.
If you are like the majority of our customers, you will probably be interested in quickly assessing your risk to data loss and data leakage. Contact us now and we can send you a free 30 evaluation!
Read more about Guardian Edge here.
Net-Ctrl are not offering MP3 players of any description as an incentive to buy any of our products, it's just too risky!!



