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Client Manager for Endpoint Protection
BigFix Compliance CMEP is an effective tool to monitor the deployment and health status of various Endpoint Protection products and provide quick remediation actions to recover needed endpoint protection.
Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) for Console User Guide
Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) encompasses Anti-Virus, spyware tools, and device control capabilities.
Device control
Device Control manages and controls various devices in your deployment, including USB storage devices and CD-ROM drives.
USB storage
Removable media, such as CDs, USB drives, and memory sticks can be considered a security risk, because they can potentially introduce malware or transport sensitive information out of your network. The Device Control configuration tasks control future use of USB storage devices by disabling the usbstor.sys driver on targeted computers.

Client Manager for Endpoint Protection
BigFix Compliance CMEP is an effective tool to monitor the deployment and health status of various Endpoint Protection products and provide quick remediation actions to recover needed endpoint protection.
- Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) for Console User Guide
  Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) encompasses Anti-Virus, spyware tools, and device control capabilities.
  - Overview
    BigFix Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) encompasses Anti-Virus, spyware tools, and device control capabilities.
  - Installation
  - Using CMEP
    Use the Client Manager Endpoint Manager Overview window to view and manage the Anti-virus updates of your organization.
  - Device control
    Device Control manages and controls various devices in your deployment, including USB storage devices and CD-ROM drives.
    - USB storage
      Removable media, such as CDs, USB drives, and memory sticks can be considered a security risk, because they can potentially introduce malware or transport sensitive information out of your network. The Device Control configuration tasks control future use of USB storage devices by disabling the usbstor.sys driver on targeted computers.
  - Frequently asked questions
    This section is designed to help you better understand BigFix CMEP through questions and answers.
- Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) App in WebUI User Guide
  Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) App in WebUI includes antivirus and definition update tools.

USB storage

Removable media, such as CDs, USB drives, and memory sticks can be considered a security risk, because they can potentially introduce malware or transport sensitive information out of your network. The Device Control configuration tasks control future use of USB storage devices by disabling the usbstor.sys driver on targeted computers.

To disable the future use of a USB Storage device, click the applicable task displayed under the Device Control node in the navigation tree.

A Fixlet opens in the following window. Click where indicated in the Actions box to either start this task or to view the related article on the Microsoft website.

Note: Affected computers might report back as Pending Restart after the Action has run successfully. The setting might not take effect until the computer is rebooted.

Use this same method for restoring or disabling CD-ROM drives, Floppy Disk drives, High Capacity Floppy Disk drives, Parallel Port Devices, or PCMCIA Devices.