No personal portable media storage is permitted on DoD computers unless it’s been approved via the appropriate channels.
Getting personal thumbdrives, cd’s etc. APPROVED for use on a DoD computer is next to impossible.
Of course, if a moron decides not to follow the rules because they’re “special”, then all bets are off.
I was tasked with a project for encrypting
all portable media for this reason.It was shelved as too expensive.
Unless they fill in the usb ports with gorilla glue
or remove them completely, and secure the cases against
tampering, this will always be a threat vector. As is
the hiring of people with relatives in Red China, Iran,
or other dodgy countries...