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Software / tools to remote simulate thumb drive being inserted into usb port
We have various groups of PCs that are dedicated to access different applications/systems
& are being audited from time to time.
One common item the auditors look for is whether their USB is blocked : we used a DLP
tool to block & just showing the policy in the DLP console that there's a policy they are
being applied is not good enough.
Instead of being physically present (as we have close to 30 different locations/offices),
we can "remote desktop" to all the PCs using a central PC management tool. However,
is there a tool/software to simulate a thumb drive being inserted into a USB & we can
then launch Win Explorer to show there's no new drive being detected/mounted?
Not feasible to get IT staff (or even users as the users usually don't have a USB drive
on hand knowing that the USB ports have been blocked) to travel there to insert a
USB drive to test.
We also wanted to have this ability to simulate this as there has been cases where
the DLP policy is applied but it did not work.
& are being audited from time to time.
One common item the auditors look for is whether their USB is blocked : we used a DLP
tool to block & just showing the policy in the DLP console that there's a policy they are
being applied is not good enough.
Instead of being physically present (as we have close to 30 different locations/offices),
we can "remote desktop" to all the PCs using a central PC management tool. However,
is there a tool/software to simulate a thumb drive being inserted into a USB & we can
then launch Win Explorer to show there's no new drive being detected/mounted?
Not feasible to get IT staff (or even users as the users usually don't have a USB drive
on hand knowing that the USB ports have been blocked) to travel there to insert a
USB drive to test.
We also wanted to have this ability to simulate this as there has been cases where
the DLP policy is applied but it did not work.
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@Shaun,
The link you provided returns the following error for me?
Not Found
The requested URL /usb-redirector.html was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at www.incentivespro.com Port 443
Using Google Chrome - does it work for you?
The link you provided returns the following error for me?
Not Found
The requested URL /usb-redirector.html was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at www.incentivespro.com Port 443
Using Google Chrome - does it work for you?
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Thanks David.
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So in my case, I should use client & attempt it on those remote computers where their USB ports are blocked?
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Could get only the 32bit client; can't seem to locate the 64bit
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the DLP policy is applied but it did not work.
You can't simulate a hardware event using software.