McAfee Device Control

McAfee Device Control Overview:

It’s 5 p.m. Do you know where your data is? In a McAfee-sponsored survey, more than half of respondents admitted to using portable devices to take confidential data out of their business every week. That’s frightening by anyone’s standard. McAfee Device Control helps you monitor and restrict data copied to removable storage devices and media to keep it from leaving company control.

Description:

McAfee Device Control protects your data from falling into the wrong hands via removable storage devices and media, such as USB drives, MP3 players, CDs, and DVDs. It enables you to specify and categorize which devices may or may not be used and enforce what data can and cannot be transferred to these devices — in the office, at home, or on the move. Device Control provides content- and context-aware, device-blocking capabilities such as:

Comprehensive device and data management — Control how users copy data to USB drives, iPods, recordable CDs and DVDs, Bluetooth and infrared devices, imaging equipment, COM and LPT ports, and more.

Granular controls — Specify which devices can and can’t be used, define what data can and can’t be copied onto allowed devices, and restrict users from copying data from specific locations and applications.

Centralized management — Centrally define, deploy, manage, and update security policies and agents throughout your enterprise. Set device and data policies by user, group, or department.

Advanced reporting and auditing capabilities — Support compliance with detailed user- and device-level logging. Gather details such as device, time stamp, and data evidence for prompt and proper audits.

McAfee Device Control protects data from leaving your company’s control and falling into the wrong hands through removable media, such as USB drives, MP3 players, CDs, and DVDs. It gives you the tools you need to monitor and control how users copy data onto these devices—regardless of whether they’re in the office, at home, or on the move.

McAfee is the only solution that has complete content- and context-aware device-blocking capabilities.

Here’s how it works:

1. Use McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™) to deploy Device Control to your managed endpoints
2. Again using ePO, define policies that control which content can and can’t be copied onto which removable storage devices
3. Device Control then automatically enforces those policies, monitoring usage and blocking any unauthorized attempts to use devices or transfer data in violation of your policies
4. Device Control recognizes your data as yours even when it has been modified, copied, pasted, compressed, or encrypted
5. Legitimate business activities proceed without disruption

Finally, Device Control helps you meet stringent policies for safeguarding confidential information. With the solution’s advanced reporting and auditing capabilities, you can quickly and easily demonstrate compliance to internal and external auditors, board members, and other key stakeholders.

McAfee Device Control specifies which devices can be used and what data can be copied.

1 Ponemon Institute’s 2007 Cost of Data Breach Study

Benefits and Features:

System Requirements:

The following are minimum system requirements only. Recommended requirements are in parenthesis, where applicable. Actual requirements will vary depending on the nature of your environment.

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Server

Operating systems:

• ◦Microsoft Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), 2003 R2

Hardware requirements:

• CPU: Pentium II-class or higher, 450 MHz minimum
• RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
• Disk space: 250 MB

Device Control Endpoint

Operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 or higher
• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or higher

Hardware requirements:

• CPU: Pentium III, 1 GHz or better
• RAM: 512 MB recommended
• Disk space: 200 MB minimum
• Network connection: TCP/IP for remote access

Documentation:

Download the McAfee Device Control Datasheet (PDF).