Re: Locking Out All But Company Issued USB Drives

[Todd Haverkos <infosec () haverkos com>]

"Al Cooper" <cooper () hmcnetworks com> writes:

> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for a good solution for locking out all the USB ports on a
> companys computers to all but company issued USB drives.  I  am in a small
> business environment (about 150 computers).   All computers are currently
> running Vista but will be migrating to Windows 7 in about a year.
>
> I have seen some DLP solutions but this seems like over kill and expensive.
>
> Any suggestions?

I've seen a demo of McAfee's solution for this -- they can even have
an option that involves a mcafee branded biometrically encrypted usb
drives with finger swipe scanners built in.  It can work with their
ePO management console and I think their device control package
(i.e. DLP not required if memory serves) to lock down to only using
those particular drives.  Or they can lock down in a more typical
arrangement to specific vendor's drives.  

A buddy whose shop uses Mcafee has indicated that they include device
control in their base level endpoint suite these days, which prices
out less than virusscan alone, for whatever it's worth. I believe it's
something you could start using now and simply migrate orthogonally to
win7 later.

--
Todd Haverkos, LPT MsCompE
http://haverkos.com/

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