2
Click Actions | Create New Key. The Create a New Key dialog box appears.
3
Type a name and description for the key.
4
Select Never expire key or an expiration date as required.
5
Click OK.
Activating or deactivating keys
Use this task to activate or deactivate a key. When a key is deactivated, it will be removed from
all the client systems during the next policy update.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Data Protection | EEFF keys. The EEFF Key Management page appears.
2
Select the key(s) to activate, then click Actions | Activate Key(s).
To deactivate key(s), select the key(s), then click Actions | Deactivate Key(s). On the
Deactivate Key(s) dialog box, click OK.
Assigning keys to a policy
Encryption keys are assigned to users or systems through Grant Key policy. Grant Keys policy
is a multiple instance policy. See
How multiple-instance policies work for more information.
Use this task to assign keys to a Grant Key policy.
NOTE:
You can assign only active keys to a Grant Key policy.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog, then select the Product as Endpoint Encryption
for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0 and Category as Grant Keys (UBP) from the drop-down
lists. All the Grant Keys policies appear in the details pane.
2
Click Edit Settings next to the required Grant Key policy. The selected Grant Key policy
page appears with the list of active keys in the Available Keys pane.
3
Select and the move the required keys to Selected Keys pane.
4
Click Save and send an agent wake-up call.
Editing a key
Use this task to edit an existing encryption key.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Data Protection | EEFF keys. The EEFF Key Management page appears.
2
Select the key to edit, then click Actions | Edit key. The Edit Key dialog box appears.
Managing EEFF keys
Activating or deactivating keys
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