Reference Guide
Manage Policies
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EMS Password Attempts Allowed 3
1-10
Number of times the user can attempt to enter the correct password.
EMS Special Characters Required
in Password
Not Selected Selected requires one or more special characters in the password.
EMS Access and Device Code
Length
16
8, 16, 32
Number of characters access and device codes have. 32 characters is the most
secure, while 8 is the easiest to enter.
EMS Access Code Attempts
Allowed
3
1-10
Number of times the user can attempt to enter the access code.
EMS Access Code Failure Action Apply Cooldown
Apply Cooldown, Wipe Encryption Keys
Action to take following unsuccessful EMS Access Code Attempts Allowed:
• Apply Cooldown to allow another round of attempts following the specified
cooldown period (EMS Cooldown Time Delay and EMS Cooldown Time Increment
policies)
• Wipe Encryption Keys to delete the encryption keys on the removable storage,
making the encrypted data inaccessible until the owner takes the media to an
encrypted computer for which he has a login.
EMS Access Code Required
Message
String
Authentication Failed. Please contact
your system administrator.
String - 5-512 characters - Authentication Failed: Please contact your system
administrator.
Message that displays when a user needs to contact you for an access code (after
authentication failure).
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Message policies must have non-blank values.
"Space" and "Enter" characters used to add lines between rows count as
characters used. Messages over the 512 character limit are truncated on the client.
Optionally customize the second sentence of the message to include specific
instructions about how to contact a help desk or security administrator for
authentication failures.
EMS Cooldown Time Delay 30
0-5000 seconds
Number of seconds the user must wait before attempting to enter th
e access code
after failing the specified number of times.
EMS Cooldown Time Increment 20
0-5000 seconds
Incremental time to add to the cooldown time each time the user fails to enter the
correct access code in the specified number of attempts.
EMS Access Code Failed Message
String
You are not authorized to use this
media. Please contact your system
administrator.
String - 5-512 characters - You are not authorized to use this media. Please contact
your system administrator.
Message that displays following unsuccessful Access Code Attempts Allowed.
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Message policies must have non-blank values.
"Space" and "Enter" characters used to add lines between rows count as
characters used. Messages over the 512 character limit are truncated on the client.
Optionally customize the message to include specific instructions about how to
contact the help desk or security administrator.
EMS Encryption Rules
Encryption rules to be used to encrypt/not encrypt certain drives, directories, and
folders.
A total of 2048
characters are allowed. "Space" and "Enter" characters used to add
lines between rows count as characters used. Any rules exceeding the 2048 limit
are ignored.
See Encryption Rules for information.
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Storage devices which incorporate multi-interface connections, such as Firewire,
USB, eSATA, etc. may require the use of both EMS and encryption rules to encrypt
the endpoint. This is necessary due to differences in how the Windows operating
system handles storage devices based on interface type.
To ensure encrypting an iPod via EMS does not make the device unusable, use the
following rules:
-R#:\Calendars
-R#:\Contacts
-R#:\iPod_Control