Initiate automatic Full Disk Encryption on workstations
Enable Automatic Full Disk Encryption
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If you want to automatically start Full Disk Encryption on your workstations, make sure you configure your workstation policy. |
Configure a Workstation policy
1.Click Workstations > Workstation Policy.
2.In the section Full Disk Encryption, select Automatically start encryption after installation and click Change Setting to change the setting to Yes.
3.Double-click the FDE Login Password attempts to change the number of password attempts the user wants to have at the pre-boot FDE login page.
4.Double-click the FDE Login Recovery attempts to change the number of recovery attempts the user wants to have at the pre-boot FDE login page.
5.Double-click the FDE Login Recovery uses to change the number of recovery uses.
6.Double-click the FDE Administrator Username to change the administrator name; it is admin by default.
7.Select the appropriate option for FDE Logins Uses Single Sign-ON (SSO).
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Self Enrollment users If you use Self Enrollment to activate workstations and have previously sent an FDE command to another machine, the FDE admin password will be set as a default. If not, a randomly generated password will be created, which you can find in the FDE login window. |
Install client software
1.Install ESET Endpoint Encryption on a managed client.
2.When the client software is installed, a Safe Start restart occurs.
3.The FDE process is in progress. The Disk Encryption Status window indicates the progress.
Activate
Activate ESET Endpoint Encryption Client using ESET Endpoint Encryption Server
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Self Enrollment users This is not a required step if you activated using Self Enrollment. |
Type FDE pre-boot password details
When you type the activation details, you are required to type a pre-boot password. If you have Self Enrollment enabled and set up your user with an SSO login, you must verify your domain login credentials.
SSO enabled (Self Enrollment only):
Normal user:
