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We have a draft policy that is being reviewed by our Executive
management, and we did put restrictions on some of these devices in our policy.
If you want to put in restrictions I would recommend you start at the
policy level first, which will help you with enforcement later on. Then
you can implement Group Policies or BIOS settings or whatever means you need to
make it stick.
It’s a big issue, most assuredly!
-Scott
From: MSU Network
Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Esther
Reed
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:39 AM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Personal devices and MSU PCs
Do you allow your users to attach their personal devices to
the MSU PCs that they use (and you support)?
If yes, do you have any protection in place? What
works and what doesn't?
If no, do you have a departmental policy or just rely on
good-citizenship? Do you disable the USB ports on the front of PCs?
We've been wrestling with this issue over here. We do
not have a policy in place; we do allow staff to attach their own USB keys,
etc. but we ask our student staff to not use their devices. Today's CNN
article emphasizes more dangers with allowing users to do this, so I am
wondering how different departments are handling it.
Thanks for any feedback and ideas!
~ Esther
Esther V. V. Reed
IT Systems Administrator
MSU Graduate School