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Examples on How you can use AccessPatrol on your Network
June 19, 2009
This article consists of several sceanrios on how you can use AccessPatrol on your network to improve on your security processes.
Prevent Data Theft:
A consultant is hired to work on site and has access to confidential company information. Seeing no harm in copying some of the information which he may find useful in his next assignment, he innocently plugs in his USB key to copy the data.
AccessPatrol policy: block all USB storage devices
User Action: consultant plugs in USB stick
Result: data leakage or theft is prevented
Avoid Virus Infection:
An employee is working after hours to meet a deadline. Since her colleagues have left for the day, she sees no harm in playing some music while she is working. The MP3 player previously borrowed by her son is infected.
AccessPatrol policy: block endpoint devices,
User Action: employee plugs in MP3 player
Result: threat of virus infection form the infected MP3 to the workstation is eliminated
Block Unauthorized USBs
The Marketing department has to present new product logos at the Sales Conference. For ease of transport, the marketing assistant, decides to store the logos on his personal USB instead of the company USB stick.
AccessPatrol policy: blocks access to non-company portable devices,
User Action: graphics designer connects personal USB
Result: access to unauthorized USB is denied. This eliminates the potential of damage to the company network or PCs from malicious software inadvertently store on employee personal USBs
Allow Access at Specified Days or Time
IT staff needs to update some software on the classroom PCs after school hours, when the students have left. During school hours, access to all devices is prohibited on these PCs.
AccessPatrol policy: access to all devices is blocked. However, CD/DVDs are accessible after school hours only.
User Action: student inserts music CD during school hours
Result: student is prohibited access to the CD drive. However, after school hours, IT staff have permissions to CD drive to install software.
Offsite Protection Sales person usually takes his laptop home after visiting his clients. At home, his children
are not permitted to use the laptop.
AccessPatrol policy: all storage devices are blocked
User Action: unsuspecting salesperson's son plugs in an iPod
Result: iPod access is denied, since offsite laptops are still managed under the AccessPatrol policies
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