Features of flash drives information security

The article provides the review of the threats to information security of flash drives, analyzes the FAT32 and NTFS file systems of flash drives and their vulnerabilities to malware. Features of viruses’ action algorithms on flash drives are highlighted in the article. The issue of flash drives security is still open. There are many effective ways to significantly reduce the possibility of infection of flash drives. After analyzing the drawbacks of the NTFS system, it shall be noted that this system requires a much larger amount of RAM compared to the FAT32 system, and that the data fragmentation also complicates the work of the system with medium size file directories. Moreover, the NTFS system has a relatively low performance rate when compared to the FAT32 system. If the flash drive is used more often with the home computer, then the home computer is chosen as the workstation and is provided with full access. Recording shall be prohibited for other computers. Today, there are many ways and methods of flash drives protecting, but the specifics of their use depend on the information store location and information value.