Thread Info
  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 6 replies
  • Subscribers 1 subscriber
  • Views 5500 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Suggested
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Data Control - from USB to hard disk

toddh

Hey,

I have been testing out the Data Control policy a little bit.

I have setup some very basic rules to block the copying of Microsoft Office documents to USB keys and so far its working great.

I then wanted to see if I could set it up to prevent .exe's to be copied to USB keys, and that is also working great.

I was wondering though if I can get the blocking to work when a user copies data from a USB to the local hard drive.

For instance, I want to block a user from copying an executable from their USB key to the local hard drive.

In the data control policy under "device types" I have the destination options for Floppy, optical drive, and USB, but no hard disk.

I am not sure if I am looking in the wrong spot, or if this even makes sense to have as an option. But I was just curious if I can set this up?

Thank you

Cheers

:5676


This thread was automatically locked due to age.
Parents
  • 0

    Hey,

    I was not aware of the complications associated with trying to detect such a procedure.

    I thought since it was possible to block .exe's from being copied from the computer to a USB key it would be possible to do the reverse. My knowledge of how the OS handles these types of requests is limited.

    Thank you though for shedding some light on my question, to bad it probably won't be possible.

    Thank you

    Cheers

    :5691
Reply
  • 0

    Hey,

    I was not aware of the complications associated with trying to detect such a procedure.

    I thought since it was possible to block .exe's from being copied from the computer to a USB key it would be possible to do the reverse. My knowledge of how the OS handles these types of requests is limited.

    Thank you though for shedding some light on my question, to bad it probably won't be possible.

    Thank you

    Cheers

    :5691
Children
No Data
Unfiltered HTML