USB protection tools

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Popular USB protection tools

USB Canary (device monitoring)

hardware security, system monitoring

USB Canary is a tool to monitor the addition or removal of USB devices while a computer is locked. This small utility is written in Python and can provide an alert.

USBGuard (USB device whitelisting)

hardware security, system hardening

USBGuard would be used to define what devices are welcome and lock out the others. It uses a whitelist to define which devices are allowed and defines what they can do.

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