Policy Templates in Dell Encryption Personal

Learn about policy template options in Dell Encryption Personal (formerly Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition).

Affected Products:

• Dell Encryption Personal
• Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows

When Dell Encryption Personal is initially activated, a policy template must be chosen to complete activation. Policy templates contain a default set of policy settings that work together. Policy templates are to be used as a baseline to be customized to your environment.

This provides an overview of what the templates are designed to encrypt.

• Aggressive Protection for All Fixed Drives and External Drives¹
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: Required
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Three Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: User
    • Workstation Scan Priority: High
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Block
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
• PCI Data Security Standard Targeted¹
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: Required
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Block
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Data Breach Regulatory Targeted¹
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: Optional
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• HIPAA Regulatory Targeted¹
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: Optional
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: User
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Basic Protection for All Fixed Drives and External Drives (Default)
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: Optional
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Basic Protection for All Fixed Drives
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: Yes
  • External Drive Encryption: No
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Basic Protection for System Drive Only
  • System Drive Encryption: Yes
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: No
  • External Drive Encryption: No
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Basic Protection for External Drives
  • System Drive Encryption: No
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: No
  • External Drive Encryption: Optional
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: Common
    • Workstation Scan Priority: Normal
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf
• Encryption Disabled
  • System Drive Encryption: No
  • Fixed Drive Encryption: No
  • External Drive Encryption: No
  • Template Differences:
    • Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite
    • User Data Encryption Key: User
    • Workstation Scan Priority: No Overwrite
    • EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access
    • EMS Encryption Rules:
      R#:\
-R#:\Black Berry
^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf

¹Security standard and regulatory standard templates use a policy set focused on helping achieve compliance, but are expected to require further environmental changes. To meet full compliancy, contact your organization’s security administrator for additional requirements.

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