Users Guide

New Features and Functionality v9.6
● VE is now supported with VMware Workstation 12.5.
● VE now supports Advanced Threat Prevention and Encryption on persistent and non-persistent VMware and Citrix VDI
clients.
● Secure Lifecycle audit events logs can now be exported to SIEM.
● New Server Encryption policies allow the administrator to configure the maximum number of attempts and retry interval for
connection to the Dell Server.
● Remote PBA management of local user accounts is now available.
● New policies and functionality support the Disconnected Mode beta release.
Resolved Technical Advisories v9.6
● The tool tip for the Audit Control policy, Client Retention Storage, now indicates that maximum storage is measured in
megabytes. [DDPS-3682]
● The installer error message that occurs when a hostname includes an underscore, which is not allowed, is now more specific.
[DDPS-3902]
● A data access error no longer occurs in the Remote Management Console when the default language of a SQL profile is not
English. [DDPS-4349]
● A non-domain endpoint is no longer reported as unprotected in the Remote Management Console if the user has logged in
more recently than other users on an endpoint and that user has a pending or incomplete encryption sweep. [DDPS-4470]
● The Secure Lifecycle agent is now correctly named on the Remote Management Console Endpoint Details & Actions tab.
[DDPS-4512]
● VE v9.6 and later includes a security update addressing a Linux privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195).
Customers and field teams should take the latest VE update and all VE updates or sustaining releases as a best practice.
[DDPS-4528]
● Added 4/2017 - SSL/TLS protocols for Compliance Reporter are now configurable in the eserver.ssl.protocols property in
the /opt/dell/server/reporter/conf/eserver.properties file and are preserved during backup/restore
operations. [DDPS-4546]
● An external Secure Lifecycle user can no longer access protected documents after their domain is removed from the Full
Access list (previously, whitelist), regardless whether the user is individually granted Full Access/whitelisted. [DDPS-4602]
● Added 08/2018-Registration is now successful when an external user registers to use Data Guardian with Proxy Mode
installed. [DDPS-4603]
● Password complexity rules are now enforced when a Secure Lifecycle external user resets the password. [DDPS-4604]
● Filtering with the Removed field in the Compliance Reporter BitLocker Manager Detail-TMP Aware report now returns
correct results. [DDPS-4608]
● Forensic key retrieval now proceeds as expected when one or more key_id instances is invalid. [DDPS-4689]
Resolved Customer Issues
● An issue is resolved that resulted in a Core Server process crash after running continuously for several weeks. [DDPS-4471]
● An issue is resolved that resulted in uncommitted policies that were not initiated by the administrator. [DDPS-4761]
Technical Advisories v9.6
● When running Compliance Reporter with Google Chrome, the date selection calendar does not display in the Value column
when the Created * field is selected in Filter Fields area of the Report Layout. [DDPS-4691]
● Added 4/2017 - Threat Protection Status categories differ between Remote Management Console Dashboard Notifications
and Email Notification Summaries. Dashboard Notification categories are Critical, Major, Minor, and Warning. Corresponding
email notification categories are Critical, High, Medium, and Low. [DDPS-4802]
New Features and Functionality v9.5
● Added 8/28 - A new policy is added that enables administrators to force Policy-Based Encryption when a SED is detected.
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