METHOD AND SURVEILLANCE TOOL FOR MANAGING SECURITY OF MASS STORAGE DEVICES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and a surveillance tool for managi ng security of mass storage devices. The method and surveillance tool installs a surveillance tool on a computer, and verifies whether there is a mass storag e device connected to the computer. Then, the method determines whether the mass storage device is secured with an appropriate encryption tool, and if the mass stora ge device is not secured with the appropriate encryption tool, the method prevents use of the mass storage device and secures the mass storage device.