CoSoSys, vendor of the most innovative and effective applications for portable storage devices and endpoint security solutions, announces today the celebration of the European Data Protection Day by joining and supporting the educational efforts organized on this day throughout Europe. The Data Protection Day has been established to inform individuals about their rights when it comes to data protection, as well as the risks they are exposed to when entrusting private details to companies.

According to an Identity Theft Resources Center study, in the USA alone, the number of reported data breaches grew by 50% in 2008, resulting in over 35 million personal records being exposed. At the same time, malware leading to overwhelming outbreaks as the much debated and researched Downadup worm are designed to make use of unprotected USB devices such as flash drives. Downadup, also called “Conficker”, has managed to single-handedly infect an estimated 6% of PCs worldwide, according to Computerworld. Read more on CoSoSys.com