LANguard P.S.C. controls the use of USB sticks

“GFI today announced the release of GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control (P.S.C.), a new network security product that can prevent unauthorized users from taking information from the network or introducing malware via USB (Universal Serial Bus) sticks and other removable media (floppy, CD). It also allows administrators to control the connection of devices that can register storage in Windows, such as iPods, smartphones, digital cameras and handhelds. Companies are investing heavily in network anti-virus software, firewalls, email and web content security. Yet, in most companies, any user at the office can plug in a USB stick the size of the average keychain and take in/out 1GB of data. This poses a tremendous threat: Users can take confidential data that they have access to, or they can introduce viruses, Trojans, illegal software and more - actions that can severely affect an organization and its network. Yet, companies have no way of controlling this.”