Licensing and FDE functionality [KES for Windows]

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This article is about Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows (KES for Windows)

 

There are two real-world scenarios related to KES FDE encryption and licensing that often result in unexpected behavior of encrypted devices:

1. FDE encryption is used with the Advanced license and later replaced with the Select license (or any other license without encryption).
2. Encryption license is expired.

This is exactly what will happen to encrypted devices in both cases:

• The files on the encrypted devices will still be accessible.
• Preboot and preboot account management will still function.
• Devices can be decrypted using standard procedures.

Note that new devices won't be encrypted.