How does GuardianEdge Device Control determine whether to block or allow devices when they are connected?
GuardianEdge Device Control allows administrators to define policies that allow or disallow communications with devices, including: • Physical and wireless ports of a computer – If a port is allowed, then all communications are allowed to and from the port. If a port is blocked, then no traffic is allowed. USB, FireWire, PCMCIA, and wireless ports can be restricted, which means all traffic is forbidden, except that which is expressly allowed. • PDevices that connect to these ports – Devices covered in this class include human interface devices, such as mice and keyboards, printers, mobile phones, and PDAs. These classes of devices can be allowed, disallowed, or restricted. Restricted means that, unless a device is expressly allowed by means of a white list, then the device is disallowed. White lists can be created using either the “make and model” of device or by the device’s unique ID (i.e. serial number). • PStorage devices – Storage devices, such as removable storage devices, extern
