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]
Full Disk Encryption v1.2
● In some cases, when user tries to login using PBA after changing hibernations settings, the Single Sign On feature fails.
[DDPC-8683]
● In rare circumstances, when attempting to hibernate a system with Windows 10 and FDE activated, it may not properly
hibernate. [DDPC-8814]
● Currently, the FDE recovery application becomes unresponsive when selecting a recovery file stored on an encrypted
volume. [DDPC-8996]
Legacy Boot Mode FDE
● In some cases, when the primary partition of a disk does not have enough contiguous free space to create a PBA partition,
then FDE activation may fail. The current work around is to free up enough space in the primary partition and apply a system
reboot. [DDPC-8939]
Bitlocker Manager v8.18
● No technical advisories
New Features and Functionality v1.7.2
● 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 v1.7.2
Encryption Client v8.17.2
● 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.
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