Dan Russell, GCIA, CISSP
Harris Corporation, GCSD
Information Assurance
(321) 729-2787
drusse05 (at) harris (dot) com [email concealed]
"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its
warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by
fools." - Thucydides
-----Original Message-----
From: jkowall [mailto:jkowall (at) shocking (dot) net [email concealed]]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:29 PM
To: Tim Watkins; focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Re: Secondary Storage Device Policy
Have you seen the GFI product which does this?
http://www.gfi.com/lanpsc/
I haven't used it, but its a good idea if you wish to stop the ipod
pirates :)
Tim Watkins wrote:
>I am currently developing a policy in a Microsoft environment on the
>use of Secondary Storage Devices. This is especially concerned with
>Thumb drives and ensuring that they do not compromise security between
>classified systems. Do any of you already have a policy in place?
>Additionally, is there a simple way of removing the drivers from a
>WinXP or 2000 environment so that these types of devices can not be
>installed via plug and play? I have played around with the idea of
>shutting down USB ports but there are just too may other things (mice,
>keyboards, cac readers) that use them. If there was a way to know
>(event viewer perhaps) or other means when one was attached, it would
>also help.
>
>
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>Tim Watkins
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You may also want to have a look at this product:
http://www.securewave.com/turcana/securewave/sanctuary_DC.jsp
Dan Russell, GCIA, CISSP
Harris Corporation, GCSD
Information Assurance
(321) 729-2787
drusse05 (at) harris (dot) com [email concealed]
"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its
warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by
fools." - Thucydides
-----Original Message-----
From: jkowall [mailto:jkowall (at) shocking (dot) net [email concealed]]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:29 PM
To: Tim Watkins; focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Re: Secondary Storage Device Policy
Have you seen the GFI product which does this?
http://www.gfi.com/lanpsc/
I haven't used it, but its a good idea if you wish to stop the ipod
pirates :)
Tim Watkins wrote:
>I am currently developing a policy in a Microsoft environment on the
>use of Secondary Storage Devices. This is especially concerned with
>Thumb drives and ensuring that they do not compromise security between
>classified systems. Do any of you already have a policy in place?
>Additionally, is there a simple way of removing the drivers from a
>WinXP or 2000 environment so that these types of devices can not be
>installed via plug and play? I have played around with the idea of
>shutting down USB ports but there are just too may other things (mice,
>keyboards, cac readers) that use them. If there was a way to know
>(event viewer perhaps) or other means when one was attached, it would
>also help.
>
>
>
>Tim Watkins
>
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