File Share Encryption

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  • 1.  File share encryption - stop automatic decrypt

    Posted Feb 02, 2018 04:54 PM

     

    Running Encryption Management Server 3.4.1 MP2.  Client 10.4.1 MP2 on Windows 10 Enterprise.

    Files are in an encrypted share.  If I copy a file to a USB, and then to a PC that doesn't have the encryption desktop or the keys, the file is unreadable.  But if I attach to an Outlook email, the file is received on the other end unencrypted.  I believe I got around this by specifying outlook.exe under Prevent the automatic decryption of files by the following applications in the consumer policy.  I also added chrome.exe to prevent decryption when uploading to Box.com.  But this doesn't seem like a good solution.  The user would just need to find an application that I haven't specified to send the file.  Is there a global setting that will prevent the file from being decrypted?

    Also, is there a way to set the consumer policy so that a user cannot decrypt a whole file share?  I want them to access the files as needed from the corporate endpoints, but have no way to decrypt them for transfer anywhere else.



  • 2.  RE: File share encryption - stop automatic decrypt

    Posted Feb 04, 2018 05:57 PM

    This is by design.  Please see the following link. 

    Symantec File Share Encryption behavior when moving files causing automatic decryption

    https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH149867.html