Exclude individual USB devices from access control
From the protection plan panel, you can specify individual USB devices or USB device models to exclude from access control. As a result, access to those devices is allowed regardless of the device control access settings.
To exclude a USB device from access control
- Open the protection plan panel for a protection plan and enable device control in that plan (see steps to enable or disable device control).
- Click the arrow icon next to the Device control switch to expand the settings, and then click the link next to USB devices allowlist.
- On the page for managing the allowlist that appears, click Add from database.
- On the page for selecting USB devices that appears, select the desired device/s from those registered with the USB devices database.
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Click the Add to allowlist button.
To stop excluding a USB device from access control
- Open the protection plan panel for a protection plan and enable device control in that plan (see steps to enable or disable device control).
- Click the arrow icon next to the Device control switch to expand the settings, and then click the link next to USB devices allowlist.
- On the page for managing the allowlist that appears, click the delete icon at the end of list item representing the desired USB device.