I heard that symantec endpoint have a a lot of feature, one feature is that it can block the usb device acess.

What is the process to block the usb drive. Is it block the particular single usb or multiple?

How it know that right device?

Yes symantec endpoint have a Application and device policy to block the usb

It can able to block the single device as well as multpile device

Policy create on the base of device hardware id and guid

DevViewer --Tool helpful for Application and Device control to find Hardware Device ID and GUID

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/devviewer-tool-helpful-application-and-device-control-find-hardware-device-id-and-guid

How to Block or Allow Devices in Symantec Endpoint Protection

How to block USB flash drives while allowing other USB devices.

How to block USB Thumb Drives and USB Hard Drives, but allow specific USB Drives in the Application and Device Control Policy in Symantec Endpoint Protection.

Symantec Endpoint Protection Application and Device Control enables extra security protection for client systems. Simple rules created with Application and Device Control can enforce security policies and stop unknown malware

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/list.jsp?fid=adc

Creating an Application and Device Control Policy

How to block USB Devices, Excluding the Mouse and Keyboard, in the SEP Manager

How to block USB hard drives in SEP, but allow reading specific USB drives in the SEPM Application and Device Control Policy

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Symantec community.

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) can block single or multiple USB devices, it depneds how you configure the policy

How to block USB flash drives while allowing other USB devices.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH104299&locale=en_US

For Printer & Scanners you can set exclusion in the SEPM policy.

I heard that symantec endpoint have a a lot of feature, one feature is that it can block the usb device acess.

Yes from symantec you can have to block the usb device and application access.

What is the process to block the usb drive. Is it block the particular single usb or multiple?

Depend on your requirement you can block both the single and multiple usb devices.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/sep-policy-block-usb-and-exclude-keyboard-and-mouse

Hi

Please refer the link below

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175220

Regards

Reffer the below article

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH175220

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Hi vishals,

I hope you have received your answer in above post, I would like to tell you that

From Application and Device Control Policy you can block all USB and even a perticular USB.

Please find the below article and check.

How to Block or Allow Devices in Symantec Endpoint Protection

Article:TECH175220 | Created: 2011-11-23 | Updated: 2012-05-31 | Article URLhttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH175220

Few Articles for your Quick Accessability:

How to block USB Thumb Drives and USB Hard Drives, but allow specific USB Drives in the Application and Device Control Policy in Symantec Endpoint Protection.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH106304

How to block USB flash drives while allowing other USB devices.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH104299

How to block or allow device's in Symantec Endpoint Protection
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/h...

How to block USB devices while excluding mouse and keyboard?
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH161779

How to block USB hard drives, but allow reading specific USB drives in the Application and Device Control Policy?
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173724