Advanced Settings for Media Encryption

Advanced Encryption

• Allow user to choose owner during encryption - Lets users manually define the device owner before encryption. This lets users create storage devices for other users. By default, the device owner is the user who is logged into the endpoint computer. The device owner must be an Active Directory user.

• Allow user to change the size of encrypted media - Lets users change the percentage of a storage device that is encrypted, not to be lower than Minimum percentage of media capacity used for encrypted storage or Default percentage of media capacity used for encrypted storage. .

• Allow users to remove encryption from media - Lets users decrypt storage devices.

• When encrypting, unencrypted data will be - Select one of these actions for unencrypted data on a storage device upon encryption:

  • Copied to encrypted section - Unencrypted data is encrypted and moved to the encrypted storage device. We recommend that you back up unencrypted data before encryption to prevent data loss if encryption fails. For example, if there is insufficient space on the device.

  • Deleted - Unencrypted data is deleted.

  • Untouched - Unencrypted data is not encrypted or moved.

• Secure format media before encryption - Run a secure format before encrypting the storage device. Select the number of format passes to do before the encryption starts.

• Change device name and icon after encryption - When selected, after the device is encrypted, the name of the non-encrypted drive changes to Non Business Data and the icon changes to an open lock. When cleared, the name of the non-encrypted drive and the icon do not change after the device is encrypted.

• When encrypting media, file system should be:

  • As already formatted -According to the original format.

  • ExFAT

  • FAT32

  • NTFS

  Allow user to change the file system of the encrypted storage - After storage was encrypted in a specific format, the user can change this format to another format.