Touchscreen Recognition Display USB Device Control Policy for School IT
A touchscreen recognition display in a school trophy case or athletics hallway is a public-facing endpoint. It runs an operating system, connects to the building network, and—unless policy says otherwise—accepts whatever a visitor plugs into any exposed USB port. An open USB port on an unattended kiosk is a physical vulnerability: anyone who walks past can insert a storage device loaded with autorun malware, attempt a live-boot attack from a bootable drive, quietly copy locally cached content, or connect a USB-based hardware implant that persists between reboots. None of these threats require an internet connection or a sophisticated attacker.
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