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Block run executables in removable device

Obaida Thunibat

 Hello,

I was wondering if there is any way to prevent users from running or coping any executables in removable device with excluded files type that considered not risky.



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    Hello Obaida Thunibat,

    only Peripheral Control considers the removable attribute. What you want is something similar to download protection or a "reverse DLP" (maybe Data Infiltration Protection).
    From the scanner's POV a removable device is not only just a local disk, you can't block arbitrary files or file types with the Threat Protection policy.

    Christian

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    Hi Obaida Thunibat,

    You can prevent the user's from copying files with specific extension under the Data loss prevention policy -using File rule.  

    Regards,

    Gowtham Mani
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    QC said:

    Hello Obaida Thunibat,

    only Peripheral Control considers the removable attribute. What you want is something similar to download protection or a "reverse DLP" (maybe Data Infiltration Protection).
    From the scanner's POV a removable device is not only just a local disk, you can't block arbitrary files or file types with the Threat Protection policy.

    Christian

     

     

    Thank you for the explanation, I had the same feature before in McAfee DLP before migrating to Sophos. 

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    Gowtham Mani said:

    Hi Obaida Thunibat,

    You can prevent the user's from copying files with specific extension under the Data loss prevention policy -using File rule.  

     

     

    Prevent them to copy files to the removable device, not the opposite. I need to prevent them to copy data to the PC from the removable device.

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