Reference Guide

Security Management Server v10.2.7 AdminHelp
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For Windows 2.4 and higher or Mac 2.9 and higher, Data Guardian's Cloud Encryption protection has
been disabled to prevent compatibility issues with newer functions of cloud service providers. To view
.xen files already protected with Cloud Encryption, use Data Guardian's Mobile app or web portal.
Windows 2.3 and earlier or Mac 2.8 and earlier
Determine which Data Guardian policy groups you want to enable:
Data Guardian Policy Groups Windows Mac
Protected Office Documents is On
Cloud Encryption is Off
Office documents are protected based on policies.
No DDG VDisk virtual drive is created. Non-Office
documents are not impacted.
If Force Protected Files Only is selected, an
Unprotected folder is added to the root of the
user's Documents folder.
N/A
Cloud Encryption is On
Protected Office Documents is Off
Office and non-Office documents are protected as
.xen files based on policies set.
A DDG VDisk virtual drive displays in the client's
Windows Explorer.
Office and non-Office documents are protected as
.xen files based on policies set.
Both are On
Non-Office documents are protected as .xen files if
in the DDG VDisk virtual drive.
A DDG VDisk virtual drive displays in the client's
Windows Explorer.
Office documents have different levels of security
based on policy. If protected, the Office document
retains its extension in the cloud but unauthorized
users cannot access it.
Additional policies impact Office documents.
Non-Office documents are protected as .xen files.
Office documents are protected based on
Protected Office policies.
Neither is On
Files are not protected. If opened, content displays
in cleartext.
Files are not protected. If opened, content
displays in cleartext.
Enable Both Cloud Encryption and Protected Office Documents (Windows 2.3 and earlier)
If you enable both policy groups, Protected Office documents differ from non-Office documents in some
areas:
• If the Cloud Storage Protection Providers policy is set to Allow and does not encrypt non-Office
files, protected Office documents still maintain any protection status.
• If the Excluded Folders policy excludes a particular folder from encryption, protected Office
documents still maintain any protection status if copied to those folders.
Cloud Profile Update
The Security Management Server can automatically check for updated profiles of cloud storage
providers supported with Data Guardian.
Note: For Windows, this applies to Data Guardian v2.3 and previous.
To configure Dell Server to automatically check for updated profiles, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to <Security Server install dir>\conf\ and open the application.properties file.
2. Locate cloud.profile.updater.enabled and set the value to true.
When update is enabled and updated profiles are available, the profiles are sent to Data Guardian
clients after the administrator commits policy changes. When the Pending Policy Changes value in the