Users Guide

Technical Advisories
Dell Encryption v8.16
● Added 11/2018 - When attempting to uninstall Dell Encryption Personal with the Dell Data Security Uninstaller, ensure that
the LSARecovery executable being used for the uninstall is stored locally. If the LSARecovery being used for the uninstall is
stored on a network share, an error may be seen, which causes the uninstall to fail. [DDPC-7535]
PBA Advanced Authentication v8.16
● Advanced Authentication options display only under the following conditions:
○ When upgrading to v8.16 with the PBA inactive, Advanced Authentication options display at the Windows login screen
upon the first reboot after installation of v8.16. After the next reboot, Advanced Authentication options display only if
PBA is activated.
○ When upgrading to v8.16 with the PBA active, Advanced Authentication options display at the Windows login screen
upon the first reboot after installation of 8.16.
○ After a clean install of v8.16, Advanced Authentication login options will not display until the PBA is activated.
[DDPC-7087]
● When installing Advanced Authentication to a non-default directory, files will still be written to the default location of
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Dell Data Protection\Authentication\bin\. These files must remain at
this location. Files being written to multiple locations will not affect functionality. [DDPC-7128]
SED Management v8.16
● The Latitude 5289 does not support SED Management. [DDPC-7144]
New Features and Functionality v8.15
● Added 03/2018-Dell has introduced a change to how built-in encryption exclusions are being handled. Previously, built-in
exclusions would prevent the encryption of any file that was created, or copied into a folder that was defined within
these exclusion lists. Future hard-coded exclusions introduced in 8.15 and later will be protected in a way that only system
generated files will no longer be encrypted, all user generated data will still be encrypted that enters these folders through a
file create or a file copy action. As always, file move operations will retain the encryption status of the source folder until an
encryption sweep or a change to the file is enacted.
● The Encryption client drivers pass the Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) checks.
● Activation performance is improved, and capability is now available to enter the entitlement key within the installation
command.
● Operating system downgrade is now supported with the Encryption client.
● Personal Edition is rebranded to Encryption Personal.
● The Security Tools Mobile application has reached End of Life. For more information, see www.dell.com/support/
article/us/en/19/sln305349.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.15
Encryption
● The "Invalid Password" message now displays when the user enters the wrong password into the Encryption Removal Agent.
[DDPC-1313]
● Performance of Encryption client upgrade that begins during an encryption sweep is improved. [DDPC-4261]
● An issue is resolved that caused the Encryption Removal Agent to occasionally become unresponsive during decryption.
[DDPC-5583]
● Encrypted files can now be accessed after operating system downgrade. [DDPC-5676]
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