HP Client Security Commercial Managed IT Software Technical whitepaper

HP Client Security Technical Whitepaper
August 2016
747889-002
© Copyright 2016 HP Development Company, L.P.
HP Drive Encryption (HPDE) 29
13.1.2 Notifications
HPDE displays various actionable notifications in two ways as shown in Table 4. Color indicates the severity of the
notification and the associated message guides the user to what needs to be done. Notifications can be dismissed by
clicking on the ‘X’ on the right of the notification.
Table 4 Actionable Notifications
Color
Message
Can be dismissed?
Yes/No
Action
Red
Your data is at risk. Please encrypt
your drive now.
Yes
 Unless a policy prevents this item from
being dismissed, this can be
dismissed.
 Upon clicking on the “Requires
Attention button,” the administrator
will be redirected to the HPCS Drive
Encryption Activation page.
Yellow
Your drive is currently being
encrypted. When completed, your
data will be protected with
encryption.
Yes
No action
Yellow
Your drive is currently being
decrypted.
Yes
No action
Yellow
Your drive is managed. HP Client
Security cannot manage this drive.
Yes
Notification appears when the drive is
already encrypted and managed by 3rd
party software
No action
Yellow
One of your drives is not encrypted.
Yes
 This is only applicable for non-OS
partition(s) and/or external drive.
 Administrator will be redirected to
HPCS Drive Encryption Activation page.
No color
Your data is protected with
encryption.
Yes
 If the only drive is the OS partition and
if it is encrypted, it will show this
notification.
 If there is more than one drives (either
user created partition and/or external
drive attached) and if they are all
encrypted, it will show this notification.
No action
13.1.3 Technical Details
 Usage
○ Windows Administrator user
 Can configure HPDE policy.
 Can activate and de-activate drive encryption.
 Can backup and restore the encryption key.
○ Windows standard user