USB, Printing & Clipboard Control

Files leave the company through the simplest channels: a USB stick, a print-out, a copy-paste. Anexet logs and controls removable media, printing, the clipboard, and Bluetooth transfers — on the endpoint, on-premise, with no vendor access to your data.

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The Last Metre Where Data Walks Out

USB drives, printers, the clipboard, and Bluetooth are the everyday paths sensitive data takes off a workstation — and the ones perimeter tools never see.

A confidential file copied to a flash drive, sent to a network printer, or pasted into a personal note never touches the corporate gateway. Anexet watches these local channels directly on the endpoint, so every copy, print job, and transfer is recorded with the user and timestamp behind it.

Each external device is audited as it is connected, every printed document is captured, and clipboard content is logged — across Windows, Linux, and macOS workstations, with no agent on personal phones.

From the Advanced plan, blocking policies turn that visibility into control: writes to USB, print jobs, clipboard paste, and file transfers can be stopped the moment they match a rule, while everything stays searchable as evidence in the Client Console.

Why it matters

  • Captured at the endpoint

    Local device, print, and clipboard activity is recorded on the workstation — no network gateway sees it.

  • Every copy accounted for

    Files written to USB, documents sent to print, and clipboard content tied to a user and a moment in time.

  • Visibility, then control

    Standard captures the activity; Advanced adds blocking of USB writes, printing, clipboard, and transfers.

Devices, Printing & Clipboard, Under Control

Capture is included from the Standard plan. Blocking of USB writes, print jobs, clipboard paste, and file transfers is added with Advanced.

Removable media & external devices

  • USB drives & flash media

    Standard

    Files copied to and from USB storage, with a full audit of each device as it is connected.

  • COM & LPT ports

    Standard

    Serial and parallel port devices tracked alongside USB for complete removable-media visibility.

  • Device audit

    Standard

    Every external device that touches the workstation is logged — model, connection time, and the user.

  • USB write blocking

    Advanced

    Blocking policies stop files being written to removable media on a policy match.

Printing

  • Local printers

    Standard

    Documents sent to printers attached to the workstation are captured with their content.

  • Network printers

    Standard

    Print jobs sent to shared and network printers are recorded the same as local ones.

  • Print blocking

    Advanced

    Blocking policies can stop a print job that matches a rule before the document reaches the tray.

Clipboard & wireless transfer

  • Clipboard capture

    Standard

    Text and data placed on the clipboard are logged, exposing copy-paste of sensitive content.

  • Clipboard blocking

    Advanced

    Blocking policies prevent clipboard content from being pasted out of protected applications.

  • Bluetooth transfer

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    Files sent over Bluetooth are analysed for sensitive content and can be blocked. Plan confirmed during the demo.

Coverage varies by operating system (Windows, Linux, macOS). The exact device, port, and Bluetooth matrix for your environment is confirmed during the demo.

What Anexet Captures — and Blocks

Anexet records the full local picture: files written to USB and external ports, documents sent to local and network printers, clipboard content, and files moved over Bluetooth — each tied to a user, a device, and a timestamp. Because capture happens on the endpoint, nothing depends on a corporate gateway being in the path.

From the Advanced plan, blocking policies turn that record into prevention: writes to removable media, print jobs, clipboard paste, and file transfers can be stopped the moment they match a rule. Content-aware blocking by digital fingerprint or sensitivity label is part of Premium, so a confidential document can be viewed in the console but never copied to a stick or printed out.

Device and printing activity in the Anexet Client Console
User activity timeline tied to USB and clipboard events

Capture & Blocking by Channel

At a glance — what Anexet captures and controls across local channels. Capture is included from the Standard plan; blocking writes, print jobs, and transfers is added with Advanced.

ChannelCaptureBlocking
USB drives & flash mediaFiles, content & device auditAdvanced
COM / LPT portsFiles, content & device auditAdvanced
Local printersFiles & contentAdvanced
Network printersFiles & contentAdvanced
ClipboardFiles & contentAdvanced
Bluetooth transferFiles & contentFull

Capture is included from Standard. Blocking USB writes, print jobs, clipboard paste, and file transfers is part of Advanced; content-aware blocking by digital fingerprint or sensitivity label comes with Premium. Bluetooth blocking is supported — the minimum plan is confirmed during the demo.

How Device & Print Control Works

Four steps from a local action on the endpoint to a controlled, searchable record.

A lightweight agent on the workstation captures device, print, clipboard, and Bluetooth activity as it happens.

1

Captured files, print jobs, and events are sent to your on-premise server and indexed for search.

2

Security and blocking policies scan content in real time and can block a USB write, print job, paste, or transfer on a match.

3

Analysts review activity, build cases, and export evidence from the Client Console.

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A lightweight agent on the workstation captures device, print, clipboard, and Bluetooth activity as it happens.

1

Captured files, print jobs, and events are sent to your on-premise server and indexed for search.

2

Security and blocking policies scan content in real time and can block a USB write, print job, paste, or transfer on a match.

3

Analysts review activity, build cases, and export evidence from the Client Console.

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Device & Print Control by Plan

StandardCore employee activity monitoring.
Network traffic interception
USB control
Printers monitoring
Messengers interception
Browsers interception
and 4 more
Includes:
Anexet Activity
Most popular
AdvancedAdds DLP and deeper visibility.
Standard plan included
DLP features
Network shares monitoring
Keylogger
Webcam pictures
and 4 more
Includes:
Anexet DLP
Anexet Activity
All-in-one
PremiumAll-in-one solution.
Standard + Advanced plans included
Advanced search (digital fingerprints, hash search)
File systems monitoring
User relations analysis
Risk analysis
and 6 more
Includes:
Anexet DLP
Anexet Inventory
Anexet Activity
Anexet Ultimate

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about how Anexet controls devices, printing, the clipboard, and Bluetooth.

Can Anexet block files being copied to a USB drive?

Yes, from the Advanced plan. Capture of files written to USB and an audit of each connected device are included from Standard; blocking policies that stop writes to removable media are part of Advanced. Content-aware blocking by digital fingerprint or sensitivity label is added with Premium.

Yes. Documents sent to both local and network printers are captured with their content from the Standard plan, each tied to the user and the time. Blocking a print job that matches a rule is available from Advanced.

Yes. Clipboard content is captured from Standard, exposing copy-paste of sensitive data. From Advanced, blocking policies can prevent clipboard content from being pasted out of protected applications.

Files transferred over Bluetooth can be analysed for sensitive content and blocked. The exact minimum plan for Bluetooth control depends on your environment and is confirmed during the demo.

Never. Anexet is deployed fully on-premise: all captured data stays inside your infrastructure and the vendor has no access to it.

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Bring Devices, Printing & Clipboard Under Control

Tell us which devices, printers, and transfer channels your teams use and what you need to protect — we'll map it to the right plan and arrange a demo or a free trial of Anexet Ultimate.

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