Users Guide

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 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 Enterprise for Windows

● 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 v8.17.2

● 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