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| The university has mandated that all drives connected to university equipment will need to have full disk encryption enabled by August 15, 2024. To that end, we've created this document to answer some of your questions regarding this process and what it will mean to your daily usage of computing equipment. | The university has mandated that all drives connected to university equipment will need to have full disk encryption enabled by August 15, 2024. To that end, we've created this document to answer some of your questions regarding this process and what it will mean to your daily usage of computing equipment. | ||
| + | This document will be updated as the IT office receives more questions and information over time. | ||
| ===== FAQs ===== | ===== FAQs ===== | ||
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| DIT will be storing recovery keys on the UMD internal network. In the case that you need these to unlock your drive (e.g. if your TPM fingerprint has changed due to a hardware change) they will be available through a self-service portal. | DIT will be storing recovery keys on the UMD internal network. In the case that you need these to unlock your drive (e.g. if your TPM fingerprint has changed due to a hardware change) they will be available through a self-service portal. | ||
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| No. While the definition of FDE could be expanded to include removable drives, that won't be the case for our department. Only fixed drives attached to university equipment drives will be encrypted (however, this will include external hard disk enclosures as their semi-permanent attached nature lumps them in the "fixed drive" category). | No. While the definition of FDE could be expanded to include removable drives, that won't be the case for our department. Only fixed drives attached to university equipment drives will be encrypted (however, this will include external hard disk enclosures as their semi-permanent attached nature lumps them in the "fixed drive" category). | ||
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