Patent ID: 8146163
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for securing personal computing devices from unauthorized data copying and removal, the method comprising: detecting a physical attachment of a device to a client included within a computing network; determining whether the detected physically attached device is permitted to be attached to the client; prompting a user of the client to remove the physically attached device therefrom in the event the detected physically attached device is not permitted to be attached to the client; loading a replacement device driver onto the client in the event the physically attached device has not been removed, wherein the replacement device driver prevents the client from copying data to the physically attached device; and receiving one or more periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to a server, upon installation of the replacement driver onto the client, wherein a subsequent loss of the periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to the server results in a security infraction condition recorded within the network.