This article provides an overview of policy templates in Dell Encryption Personal (formerly Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition).
Affected Products:
Dell Encryption Personal
Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition
Affected Operating Systems:
Windows
Not applicable.
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.
| System Drive Encryption | Fixed Drive Encryption | External Drive Encryption | Template Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggressive Protection for All Fixed Drives and External Drives1 | Yes | Yes | Required | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Three Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: User |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: High |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Block |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\ |
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| PCI Data Security Standard Targeted1 | Yes | Yes | Required | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Block |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Data Breach Regulatory Targeted1 | Yes | Yes | Optional | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| HIPAA Regulatory Targeted1 | Yes | Yes | Optional | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: User |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\ Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Basic Protection for All Fixed Drives and External Drives (Default) | Yes | Yes | Optional | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\ Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Basic Protection for All Fixed Drives | Yes | Yes | No | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\ Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Basic Protection for System Drive Only | Yes | No | No | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\ Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Basic Protection for External Drives | No | No | Optional | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: Common |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: Normal |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Read Only |
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EMS Encryption Rules:R#:\-R#:\ Black Berry^R#:\;ppt.doc.xls.pptx.docx.xlsx.txt.pdf |
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| Encryption Disabled | No | No | No | Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup: Single Pass Overwrite |
| User Data Encryption Key: User |
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| Workstation Scan Priority: No Overwrite |
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| EMS Access to unShielded Media: Full Access |
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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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