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ix Tables Table 1: Instructions for Creating a New Auditing Policy 6 AbstractRemovable media, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, present unique problems to the enterprise since insiders can use such media to remove proprietary information from company systems. Insiders may do this for legitimate reasons, such as to work on material at home, or they may do so for malicious reasons, such as to steal intellectual property.Organizations must establish and implement effective methods and processes to prevent unauthorized use of removable media while still allowing users with a genuine business need to access and remove such media. In addition, organizations should establish sound methods to track critical electronic assets so that they may better protect them.This report focuses on the theft of intellectual property using removable media, in particular, USB devices. We present methods to control removable media devices in a Microsoft Windows environment using Group Policy within an Active Directory environment. We also explore OpenDLP, an open source tool for identifying where sensitive data resides on organizational systems.

This paper explores low cost technical solutions that can help organizations prevent, detect, and respond to insider incidents. Features and functionality associated with insider risk mitigation are presented. A taxonomy for high-level categories of insider threat tools is presented. A discussion of the relationship between the types of tools points out the nuances of insider threat control deployment, and considerations for selecting, implementing, and operating insider threat tools are provided.

vii AbstractUniversal serial bus (USB) storage devices are useful for transferring information within an organization; however, they are a common threat vector through which data exfiltration can occur. Despite the threat, many organizations feel that the utility of USB storage devices outweighs the potential risks. Implementing controls to track the use of these devices is necessary if organizations wish to retain sufficient situational awareness and auditing capabilities to detect data theft incidents.This report presents methods to audit USB device use within a Microsoft Windows environment. Using various tools-the Windows Task Scheduler, batch scripts, Trend Micro's OSSEC hostbased intrusion-detection system (HIDS), and the Splunk log analysis engine-we explore means by which information technology (IT) professionals can centrally log and monitor USB device use on Microsoft Windows hosts within an organization. In addition, we discuss how the central collection of audit logs can aid in determining whether sensitive data may have been copied from a system by a malicious insider.

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