Users Guide

SED Management v8.18
● When a NVME is used as a data drive with a standard 2.5" Self Encrypting Drive, a "Device Locked" message will display on
the PBA screen. [DDPC-9256]
New Features and Functionality v8.17.2
● SED Manager includes a security update addressing the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5754. Customers
and field teams should take v8.17.2 and all sustaining releases as a best practice.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17.2
Encryption
● The following hard-coded exclusions have been added for improved interoperability with Windows Defender and Microsoft
Credential Vault:
○ C:\ProgramData\
○ C:\Program Files\
○ C:\Program Files (x86)\
○ C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\
Due to these changes, a re-sweep will be performed to ensure that these folders are properly protected by Dell Encryption.
This sweep decrypts files that are system-generated files, but will ensure that user-generated data within these folders will
stay protected as either Common encrypted or SDUser encrypted data based on currently set policies. These changes can
be overridden by adding a Category 3 inclusion to SDE Encryption Rules. [DDPC-8037, DDPC-8147]
● Resolved an issue that resulted in an Operating System failure when Dell Encryption is installed and a Thunderbolt docking
station is used.
NOTE:
This is a temporary fix, and will be corrected in the next release of Dell Encryption. New drivers for
thunderbolt based docking stations may be required for a final resolution.
Preboot Authentication
● The username text is now displayed in French on the PBA screen after FDE has been installed on a UEFI machine.
[DDPC-8012]
● An issue where the Lock/Unlock commands were not immediately enforced even though the "check for PBA commands"
policy was enabled has been resolved. [DDPC-8021]
Technical Advisories v8.17.2
Encryption
● After installing the encryption client and opening a report of the file with WSScan, unencrypted files have " \\?\" characters
at the beginning of their directories. Only a cosmetic issue and has no effect on the system or files." [DDPC-8190]
● In some cases, after installing or upgrading encryption client, a message results of "Backup keys operation still not performed
successfully..." once policies have been set. The current workaround is to reboot the machine. [DDPC-8316]
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