Users Guide

Pre-boot Authentication v2.8
● When using Recovery Questions to log in through the PBA, the password reset prompt now only appears for the first 90
seconds after login. [DDPC-11671]
● Right-clicking the username, password, smart card, pin or recovery answer field in the PBA no longer yields a menu.
[DDPC-11795]
● An issue resulting in third-party authentication providers being disabled by default is resolved. [DDPC-12057, DDPSUS-2818]
SED Manager v2.8
● No technical advisories exist.
Full Disk Encryption v2.8
● Encryption status now properly displays the status of all encryption technologies in the Data Security Console and for
computers that are protected by multiple encryption technologies. [DDPC-11133]
BitLocker Manager v2.8
● Computers that are protected by Dell Encryption no longer fail PIN creation for BitLocker Manager. [DDPC-10949]
● If the TPM is unmanaged, requiring BitLocker Manager to use the TPM or TPM and PIN now writes the following error to
logs: TPM manager is disabled, therefore TPM-based protector is not allowed! [DDPC-11960]
Technical Advisories v2.8
Advanced Threat Prevention v2.8
● No technical advisories exist.
Firewall and Web Protection v2.8
● No technical advisories exist.
Encryption Client v10.8
● During reboot and shutdown, a .NET error may display due to simultaneous shutdown of a Dell Encryption service and
Windows WMI service. [DDPC-12054, DDPC-12098, DDPSUS-2807, DDPSUS-2812]
● In rare scenarios, the DiagnosticInfo utility does not collect all logs after Command-line installation and failed exportation
errors display in the Command-line window. [DDPC-12090]
● Administrators are currently unable to change disk encryption keys' escrow location after encryption sweeps are complete.
[DDPC-12100]
Pre-boot Authentication v2.8
● No technical advisories exist.
SED Manager v2.8
● No technical advisories exist.
Technical Advisories
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