Over the years, I've worked for organisations with various levels of risk tolerance for business travellers. Some have been (rightly) paranoid and others have been (wrongly) placid about the threats their employees face. The fact is, individuals are often targeted for espionage, blackmail, or other state-sponsored attacks. Here's a list of some of the different advice I've received, roughly sorted into levels of suitability. Start at the top and work your way down until you reach a suitable level. USB sticks? No thanks! At some point, you'll be given a gift of a decorative USB pen drive. It'll either be part of a goodie-bag or you'll be told it has all of this quarter's TPS reports on it. You should thank them for their kind gift. On your way back to the hotel, drop the stick in a bin. There's just too much which can go wrong with a USB stick. Maybe it has a virus. Maybe it is an exfiltration device. Maybe it has extreme pornography and the police will catch you with it. Just chuck…
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