solaris

Controlling what information can be moved around via thumb drives, i-Pods, cameras and other forms of removable storage media has gained a lot of focus over the past 12-months. It's not to say the need hasn't been there for much longer, because it has, just that media attention following exposure and loss of personal information, for instance social security numbers, has resulted in auditor attention.

There are a number of third-party products that claim to control usage of and the functionality thereto in terms of read or read-write capability for USB storage devices, however, in my experience the simplest approach is usually the only approach that stands the test of time.