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DeviceLock gives network administrators control over which users can access what devices (floppies, serial and parallel ports, Magneto-Optical disks, CD-ROMs, USB and FireWire drives, Bluetooth, ZIPs, etc.) on a local computer. Once DeviceLock is installed, administrators can control access to floppies, CD-ROMs, USB or any other device, depending on the time of day and day of the week.                                DeviceLock enhances access control for Windows System Administrators and helps control removable disk usage. It can protect network and local computers against viruses, trojans and other malicious programs often injected from removable disks. Network administrators can also use DeviceLock to flush a storage device's buffers. Remote control is also available. Keep in mind that almost 80% of all security breaches come from the inside! DeviceLock is a best solution to secure NT and protect your network computers against attack from the inside.

Key features of DeviceLock:

• Control which users or groups can access USB and FireWire ports, WiFi and Bluetooth adapters, CD-ROMs, floppy drives, other removable devices - Network wide!

• Install network wide in seconds. Use Devicelock's own Enterprise Management console or by using Windows integrated Group Policy / Active Directory.

• Create a white list of USB devices (by serial number if required) which allows you to authorise only specific devices that will not be locked regardless of any other settings

• Set devices in read-only mode

• Control access to devices depending on the user, group membership, time of day, day of the week etc.

• Browse the LDAP tree and select computers for processing directly from directory services (such as MS Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Open LDAP, etc.).

• Grant temporary access to devices. Useful in exceptional situations, this function grants users temporary access to USB devices when there is no network connection. In use, DeviceLock administrators provide users with special access codes over the phone. These codes will unlock DeviceLock and enable temporary access to requested devices.

• Define a custom message to be displayed to users when a denied attempt is made to plug in an unauthorised device.

• Define discrete lists of accounts that are able to administer (install, uninstall, modify permissions and other settings, etc.) DeviceLock. Even users with local administrator privileges can't disable DeviceLock Service or remove it from their computers, if they are not in this list of DeviceLock administrators.

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