IT Endpoint Manager

External Device Control Settings

 

Click 'More' > 'Preferences' > 'Device Control' 

• Device control lets you block access to external devices like USB sticks and external drives.

• You can also define exclusions for selected devices. The selected devices will be allowed to connect, but all others will be blocked.

Configure device control

• Open Comodo Client Security

• Click 'More' > 'Preferences' > 'Device Control':

• Enable Device Control - Prohibits access to external storage devices like USB cards and external drives. You can define exclusions to allow selected devices to connect (Default = Disabled).
  

• Log detected devices - All device connection / disconnection events, whether allowed or blocked, are added to CCS logs. You can view the logs in the 'Log Viewer' module (Default = Enabled).

• Click 'More' > 'View Antivirus Events' > 'More' > 'Device Control Events'

• See Device Control Logs for more details.
  

• Exclusions - Add exceptions to device control. Devices specified here are allowed access to your computer even if 'Device Control' is active. For example, if your company uses USB tokens to authenticate remote VPN connections, you should create exceptions for those tokens.
  

Add exclusions

You can specify the exceptions in two ways:

• Select from currently connected devices

• Specify a custom device

Connect a device then create an exclusion for it

Note - You need to create your exceptions before enabling device control.

• Make sure the external device is connected to the computer

• Open Comodo Client Security

• Click 'More' > 'Preferences' > 'Device Control':

• Click the 'Add' button then choose 'Existing Device' from the drop-down

The screen lists all devices that are currently connected to your computer.

• Select the devices you want to add to exclusions and click 'OK'

• The device is added to the exclusions:

• Repeat the process to exclude more devices

• Click 'OK' in for your settings to take effect

Specify custom devices to be excluded

• Open Comodo Client Security

• Click 'More' > 'Preferences' > 'Device Control':

• Click the 'Add' button beside 'Exclusions' then choose 'Custom Device' from the drop-down

• Enter the vendor identifier and product identifier in the respective areas. Example: VID0951&PID1643. You can use wildcard character to add a series of devices to exclusions. E.g. VID0951&PID16*

• Click 'Apply' in the 'Add Custom Device' dialog

• Click 'OK' in the 'Preferences' dialog for your settings to take effect