Security awareness demo

This device was left unlocked.

An unknown USB device can act like a keyboard. If the device is unlocked, it can type commands, open applications, and act as the signed-in user.

This demo is harmless. The lesson is simple: lock your screen before walking away.
Unlocked device with a warning about an unknown USB device acting as a keyboard
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It can type as you

A USB HID device can behave like a keyboard. On an unlocked machine, that means it can enter text and shortcuts as the current user.

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Your session is active

Email, files, browsers, cloud apps and internal tools may already be open or signed in. Physical access becomes digital access.

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Speed changes the risk

What a person could type manually, a device can type quickly and repeatedly. The safest control is to lock the device first.

The control

Before leaving your desk, meeting room, train seat or shared workspace, lock the screen. It takes less than a second.

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Remember

The device is not magic. The risk exists because the device was left unlocked and trusted input from a connected USB keyboard.