The only question that comes to mind is do they (or any other product) prevent users from putting in unauthorized USB thumb drives. If you want to prevent data from leaving or programs, bugs etc from coming in and still have a need to keep the USB enabled; can you control it?
-----Original Message----- From: Desai, Manish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:05 AM To: Ken S; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP Ken, There are other commercial packages like Reflex Disknet pro and Control Guards's Endpoint access manager. I have evaulated both. Both these are good. One feature that's stands out in Reflex Disknet pro is you encrypt USB Memory stick and also allocate Mem stick for corp and private purposes such that policy will dictate encryption for crop usage and not for private use. Yes they support , adminster and manage BIOMETRIC USB storages. Control guard is better management GUI and can approve the USB based on serial no , vendor , make model etc.. Hope that helps ... Cheers Manish Desai CISSP, CISSP-ISSMP , CISA, CISM -----Original Message----- From: Ken S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:06 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP I am investigating the possibility of locking down Windows computers to only allow specific USB devices to attach. I'm considering the mtrust product from www.m-systems.com, which the marketing materials say can force users to only use their particular USB storage devices (or those that they OEM to others, like Kingston, Verbatim, etc.). Does anyone have experience with this package? If so, what are the pros and cons? Also, are there other solutions are out there that can ensure only specific USB storage devices are allowed on a system? Is there anything specific for biometric USB storage? Any comments on the effectiveness of such software? Thanks, Ken S ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
