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Media Encryption & Port Protection Terminology

Storage Device - Removable media device on which users can save data files. Examples include: USB storage devices, SD cards, CD/DVD media and external disk drives.

Peripheral Device - Devices on which users cannot save data and that cannot be encrypted.

Device Category - Also called Device Class, an Industry standard device type that identifies the base functionality of a storage or peripheral device.

Media Owner - By default, this is the user who encrypts the device. If allowed by the policy, a different user can be assigned to be the media owner. This term applies only to users in Active Directory environments.

Business-Related Data - Confidential data file types that are usually encrypted in the business-related drive section of storage devices in Media Encryption & Port Protection.

UserCheck - Gives users a warning when there is a potential risk of data loss or security violation. This helps users to prevent security incidents and to learn about the organizational security policy.

Explorer Utility - Software that lets users read encrypted data on Endpoint Security-protected computers on which the Media Encryption component is not active or not connected to an Endpoint Security Management Server.