The Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS release addresses known issues and enhancements.
Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS Release details
Release date - December 18, 2024
This release of Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS is identified as version 2412, where the version identifier follows a YYMM convention.
Trellix DE - SaaS includes the following product:
Product | Supported version |
|---|---|
Trellix DE - SaaS for Windows | 8.0.0.374 |
For more information about Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS, see the Trellix DE - SaaS Product Guide.
For more information about release dates and build numbers, see Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS product release information section in 000014091.
Updated platform, environment, or operating system support
For complete system requirements, see supported platforms for Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS in 000014091.
Installation information
If you are a first-time user, see Trellix DE - SaaS Installation Guide.
If you're an existing user, you need to migrate Trellix Drive Encryption to Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS. For information, see Trellix DE - SaaS Migration Guide.
New features and changes
This major release brings a renewed vitality to our trusted full disk encryption solution, by providing updated security enhancements and simplification to management and deployment. This release provides support for the following enhancements:
Trellix Drive Encryption is managed by ePO - SaaS — This means that the Drive Encryption software is managed through ePO - SaaS, a cloud-based platform that offers enhanced security management capabilities.
Migration of endpoints to ePO - SaaS without un-encrypting and re-encrypting your data — You can migrate Drive Encryption 8.x.x to Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS. For more information, see Trellix DE - SaaS Migration Guide.
Automatically protect against insider threats and tampering with out-of-the-box SysCore Self-Protection capabilities that are installed and enabled by default — By default it will be enabled, ensuring only trusted modules are loaded into Drive Encryption processes, and only authorized modifications can be made to files, folders and registry. An option to disable and uninstall this self-protection feature has been added to the Product settings page under the General tab. It is highly recommended to test this feature in isolation before deployment. To disable this feature during the upgrade, ensure that NOSELFPROTECTION is added to the command-line input for the deployment task.
Enhancement to autoboot that triggers pre-boot authentication when a disk is moved to another system — This option is added to the product settings page under the Log on tab, which prevents autoboot from functioning when a disk is moved between the systems.
Support UEFI systems only — Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS release supports only Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems. Any systems still using Legacy BIOS will not be supported, and the Drive Encryption 8.0 installer will refuse deployment or upgrade on those systems.
Known issues
For details about Trellix Drive Encryption - SaaS known issues, see 000014092.
Comparison of Trellix DE - SaaS with Trellix Drive Encryption on-premises
Trellix is working toward feature parity with the on-premises Trellix Drive Encryption product. To know more about the options not available in this release, see article 000014093.