About device control on this computer
If a management console is not used to administer Sophos Endpoint Security and Control on this computer, the device control functionality is not included.
Device control is enabled or disabled by a management console. If device control is enabled, it might prevent you from connecting a device to this computer for maintenance or troubleshooting. If this is the case, you can temporarily disable device control on this computer. For information, see Temporarily disable device control.