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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Anton Beitler, Zurich, CH;
Jiyong Jang, White Plains, NY (US);
Dhilung Hang Kirat, White Plains, NY (US);
Anil Kurmus, Rueschlikon, CH;
Matthias Neugschwandtner, Zurich, CH;
Marc Philippe Stoecklin, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
USB traffic is intercepted between a USB device and a computer system. It is determined whether the USB device has previously had a policy associated with it as to whether USB traffic from the device should be blocked, allowed, or sanitized. In response to not having a previous policy for the USB device, a request is made for a user to be prompted to provide a policy of one of block, allow, or sanitize for the USB device. In response to a user-provided-policy, one of the following are performed: blocking the traffic, allowing the traffic, or sanitizing the traffic between the USB device and the computer system. Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed.