GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control
http://www.gfi.com/lanpsc
The need to control entry and exit of data via USB sticks and other devices
You have invested in network anti-virus software, firewalls, email and web content security. Yet any user can come into the office, plug in a USB stick the size of the average keychain and take in/out over 2 GB of data. This poses a tremendous threat: Users can take confidential data or they can introduce viruses, Trojans, illegal software and more – actions that can affect your network and company severely. Yet, as an administrator you have no way to control this! Group policy offers no control.
Technology analyst Gartner warns that portable devices containing a USB or FireWire connection are a serious new threat to businesses. In a July 2004 report, Gartner named removable media devices as a significant security risk in the workplace and advised that these can be used both to download confidential data, and also to introduce a virus into the company network. Gartner’s report listed pocket-sized hard drives that connect using FireWire or USB hard drive or keychain drive, disk-based MP3 players such as the iPod, and digital cameras with smart media cards, memory sticks, compact flash and other memory media as potential security threats.
Regain control with GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control (P.S.C.)
GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control (P.S.C.) offers you network-wide control of which users can:
Plug in a USB stick
Connect a smartphone, MP3 player, handheld
Download/upload data to a digital camera
Access CDs
Access floppies.