Working with Actions in a Rule

Each Media Encryption & Port Protection rule includes these main action types:

• Read Action - Controls how users can read devices that are protected by the policy
• Write Action - Controls how and when users can write to devices that are protected by the policy
• Peripheral Device Access - Controls access to different types of peripheral devices

Media Encryption & Port Protection rules also contain these Advanced action types:

• Offline Device Access - Controls access to devices that are connected a non-protected computer
• Device Scanning and Authorization - Configures scanning of storage devices for malware and unauthorized file types.
• Log Actions - Controls when Media Encryption & Port Protection creates log entries when a storage device is attached to an endpoint computer
• UserCheck - Controls when and how to tell users about policy violations and optionally lets them override a policy.
• Site Actions - Controls when to allow or prevent access to drives encrypted by different Endpoint Security Management Servers
• Global Automatic Access - Defines the default automatic action that applies to all rules, unless overridden by a different rule or action.