Method and system for securing personal computing devices from unauthorized data copying and removal

A method for securing personal computing devices from unauthorized data copying and removal, the method comprising:

• detecting a physical attachment of a device to a client included within a computing network;
• determining whether the detected physically attached device is permitted to be attached to the client by examination of a client profile stored on a server included within the computing network;
• prompting a user of the client to remove the physically attached device therefrom in the event the detected physically attached device is not permitted to be attached to the client;
• loading a replacement device driver onto the client in the event the physically attached device has not been removed, wherein the replacement device driver prevents the client from copying data to the physically attached device;
• receiving one or more periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to a server, upon installation of the replacement driver onto the client, wherein a subsequent loss of the periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to the server results in a security infraction condition recorded within the network;
• receiving, in the event the physically attached device is permitted to be attached to the client, a request from the client to copy a file stored within the computing network;
• determining whether the requested file is permitted to be copied by the requesting client;
• and
• preventing copying of the requested file by the requesting client in the event that the requested file is not permitted to be copied by the requesting client.

A system for securing personal computing devices from unauthorized data copying and removal, comprising:

• a computing network including a client in communication with one or more servers;
• and
• the computing network further configured to:
• detect a physical attachment of a device to the client;
• determine whether the detected physically attached device is permitted to be physically attached to the client;
• prompt a user of the client to remove the physically attached device therefrom in the event the physically detected attached device is not permitted to be physically attached to the client;
• load a replacement device driver onto the client in the event the physically attached device has not been removed, wherein the replacement device driver prevents the client from copying data to the attached device;
• and
• receive one or more periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to one of the one or more servers, upon installation of the replacement driver onto the client, wherein a subsequent loss of the periodic messages sent from the replacement driver to one of the one or more servers results in a security infraction condition recorded within the network.