Do you try to identify a "found" lost thumb drive?

[Clyde Hoadley <hoadleyc () MSCD EDU>]

Do you try to identify the owner of a "found" lost/misplaced
thumb drive?  If so, how do you go about doing it, and what
policies/procedures do you have regarding trying to identify
the owner of a "found" jump drive?   Do you have any "guidance"
info for your students/faculty about the use of thumb drives?

Yvonne wrote:
> Clyde,
>
> In my meeting with the lab managers yesterday, they indicated that
> there is an increasing problem with students leaving their thumb
> drives behind.  Currently, they collect them and will open the drive
> to determine who the owner is.  It occurred to me that this may not be
> a good practice and could, possibly, be considered an invasion of
> someone's privacy.  I'm wondering if there is a more secure process
> for determining ownership without compromising someone's information.
> Maybe not...George gave the example of opening someone's wallet to
> determing ownership....



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Clyde Hoadley, CISSP, GSEC
Security & Disaster Recovery Coordinator
Department of Information Technology
Metropolitan State College of Denver
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