Pete Berry says too many people are worried about software hacks on their computers.
Instead, he says, the most obvious way to get into a computer is with a USB thumb drive or a cable. It’s an often overlooked way that unauthorized software can be installed on a computer. So Berry founded Portal Locks — a recently launched cybersecurity firm that has a clever way of locking down every port on a computer, but still lets people use them.
The Portal Locks looks like a thumb drive, but it has internal fangs, which are patent pending, that lock into the inside of a computer’s ports. They can’t be easily removed, and can only be accessed with an external wand that unlocks them. The product is the answer to a question that many people are asking, Berry said.
Most people don’t know that I can boot your computer without your password by using a USB drive,” Berry said. But, federal agencies know. The Nuclear Energy Institute, for example, published a report in April talking about the dangers of “portable media,” such as USB drives.
Ironically, though, Berry first designed the lock for a serial port, a drive that his new Apple laptop doesn’t even have. But, he expanded his idea to USB ports, HDMI ports, and to every port on a computer or hand held device. Portal Locks stayed in stealth mode until earlier this year when he filed for patents, he said.
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