Restrict the use of external storage devices in Windows 10
When a user connects a new device to a USB connector, Windows automatically detects it and installs a compatible driver, after which the device is immediately ready for use.
This is very convenient, but this convenience in connecting external storage devices on corporate computers can pose a threat to security and privacy.
If you need to restrict the ability to connect external storage devices to the computer, then using the combination WIN + R, call the window "Execute" and enter the command gpedit.msc and press ENTER, which is "Editor of local group policy" (Local Group Policy Editor).
In the left panel of the window go along the direction of Configuration Computer - Administrativnыe template - System - Access k sъёmnыm zapominayushchim ustroystvam. The last section contains about 20 policies that allow you to block this or that type of media device.
If you want to restrict the connection of all types of storage devices, then with the left mouse button on the Sъемные zapominayushchie ustroystva vsex klassov item, the Vklyucheno item is selected in the next window that opens.
