Administrator Guide

The Shield Detail area displays information about the client software, including encryption sweep start and end times for this
computer.
To view effective polices, in the Actions area, click View Effective Policies.
6. Click the Security Policies tab. From this tab, you can expand the types of policies and change individual policies.
a. When finished, click Save.
b. In the left pane, click Management > Commit.
NOTE:
The number that displays by Pending Policy Changes is cumulative. It can include changes made on other endpoints,
or made by other administrators who are using the same account.
c. Enter a description of the changes in the Comment box and click Commit Policies.
7. Click the Users tab. This area displays a list of users activated on this Mac computer. Click the user's name to display the
information for all computers this user is activated against.
8. Click the Endpoint Groups tab. This area displays all of the endpoint groups to which this Mac computer belongs.
System Volumes
Enable Encryption
The following are supported for encryption:
● Apple File System (APFS) volumes that share phyical media with the boot volume.
● Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volumes and system disks that are partitioned with the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition
scheme
Use this process to enable encryption on a client computer if encryption was not enabled prior to activation. This process
enables encryption only for a single computer. You can choose to enable encryption for all Mac computers at the Enterprise
level if desired. For additional instructions about enabling encryption at the Enterprise level, see AdminHelp.
1. As a Dell administrator, log in to the Management Console.
2. In the left pane, click Populations > Endpoints.
3. For Workstation, click an option in the hostname column or, if you know the endpoint hostname, enter it in Search. You can
also enter a filter to search for the endpoint.
NOTE:
The wild card character (*) may be used but is not required at the beginning or end of the text. Enter Common Name,
Universal Principal Name, or sAMAccountName.
4. Click the appropriate endpoint.
5. On the Security Policies page, click the Mac Encryption technology group.
By default, the Dell Volume Encryption master policy is toggled On.
6. If a Mac has a Fusion Drive, select the check box for the Encrypt Using FileVault for Mac policy.
NOTE:
This policy requires that Dell Volume Encryption policy is also set to On. However, when FileVault encryption is enabled,
none of the other policies in the group are in effect. See Mac Encryption > Dell Volume Encryption.
7. If FileVault is deselected (macOS Sierra and lower), change other policies as desired.
For descriptions of all the policies, see AdminHelp which is available from the Management Console.
8. When finished, click Save.
9. In the left pane, click Management > Commit.
The number that displays by Pending Policy Changes is cumulative. It can include changes made on other endpoints, or made
by other administrators who are using the same account.
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Tasks for the Encryption Client