• Safeguard Encryption EOL and Sophos Outlook add-in for Encryption

    We have a client who has been using the Sophos Safeguard Encryption with the Outlook ad-in for encryption to send and received emails over the past few years. Once Safeguard goes EOL and we have to migrate to another product.....are there any concerns…
  • Sophos Safeguard Recovery Key Dump

    Hello there, I was wondering if there was a way to get a dump of all recovery keys stored in Sophos Safeguard either through a SQL query to the database or through the Safeguard API. I have not used the API before so if the process involves that,…
  • [Sophos Notification]: SafeGuard Enterprise - MacOS Mojave is here and we support it!

    Hi All, The SafeGuard Client version 8.10.0.323 and previous versions of SafeGuard Native Device Encryption and File Encryption for Mac do not support macOS 10.14 Mojave and may not function correctly. To be able to use this Operating System together…
  • [Sophos Advisory]: Sporadic Local Cache corruptions on clients with SafeGuard 8.10 file encryption installed.

    Hi All, We are currently investigating an issue with sporadically occurring Local Cache corruptions on systems running SafeGuard 8.10 file encryption (all file encryption modules affected). So far this seems to be limited to very few systems, the…
  • [Sophos Notification]: SafeGuard file encryption - Local Cache corruption interrupts Windows 10 update to version 1809 - Insider Preview (Windows 10 October 2018 Update)

    Hi Everyone, User may find issue with Windows 10 update to version 1809 - Insider Preview (Windows 10 October 2018 Update). As long as SafeGuard Enterprise does not support Windows 10 version 1809, we recommend against updating systems that have the…
  • File encryption icon not change when encrypted file || Synchronize encryption

    Hi I have problem about icon file. When I have to encrypt file via application based encryption or manual encryption, The icon of file not change encryption icon. How can I solve this issue? Thank you.
  • Sophos Rename Question

    Is it possible to rename a laptop that already has Sophos installed on it? Will it show in the console as the new machine name? What is the best practice for renaming machines with Sophos? Version SGN 8 used. Thanks for your time.
  • user profile service has failed the logon

    Hello, We constantly receive tickets from our end users reporting that they cannot log into their systems. Upon inspection the error they are receiving is "User Profile Service has failed the logon." We are able to work around this issue by wiping the…
  • Sophos Safeguard 8 - Laptop is blocked - (Old User)

    Hi all, I've a problem on 4 laptops in my organisation (Running Windows 7 Pro). Exemple for a laptop : As SGN Owner a domain user as been added with Sophos Safeguard Management Console to the laptop. The user used this laptop for months without…
  • Is it possible to have more than one owner?

    Is a user able to be an owner on more than one machine? Is that you can be an owner on one machine and guest on another? In the console, I first when to the 2nd machine and moved user account to machine and selected to save changes, Had TM do sync…
  • How to deal with software deployments requiring reboot?

    Hi, We're overhauling our Office deployment and one of the issues we face is that whilst running through the deployment process (uninstalling previous Office versions) a reboot is required. This poses an issue if, say, trying to roll this out in the…
  • POA is not working - Lenovo E560 - Windows 7

    I have Lenovo 560 Windows 7 I am testing on. I did install safeguard and uninstall via all directions from Sophos. I am doing another install with same file. I first logged on to the Safegaurd Logon and made sure I had the most updated policy and it was…
  • Sophos safeguard file encryption not working at all

    Hey I set up everything on a server and now to test it i'm trying to put the encryption software though a standalone client package on a computer in our network. Everything worked: creating the package with the right policies etc. i followed everything…
  • Lenovo X1 Carbon 4th Gen - Display Issues

    Team member works from home he has issues with Sophos on a loaner LT( X1 Carbon 4th Gen (Type 20FB, 20FC) Laptop (ThinkPad) - Windows 7 Professional Edition SP1 He has KVM switch ( no issues with using previous software .ex securedoc) Issues with…
  • Custom Computer - No init

    We have a custom computer we built that we can't get sophos to finish installing on. We always get stuck at boot with no init. We started by trying the Shift, Shift F6 tricks to toggle modes which did toggle modes, but still we got no init. We tried…
  • Documentation of Safeguard LanCrypt file format

    Hello Sophos community, during an internal evaluation of Sophos LanCrypt I was wondering if there is some documentation of the encrypted file format that Safeguard LC uses/generates. Do you have some resources to documentation on that format? Thank…
  • Dell 3570 - Intermittently getting stuck on with white screen on POA

    Hi all, I've recently gotten a batch of Dell Latitude 3570 laptops running Windows 7 x64 we have installed Sophos SafeGuard client version 7.00.1.2 and config version 7.00.0.97, all our other models of laptops boot through to the POA fine however we…
  • Identifying Users Not Logging into Sophos

    Good morning! The SafeGuard POA creates a login prompt for users to sign into (please see attached picture). We are having issues with users not logging into the Sophos login prompt that is created as part of the POA - users are still signing into the…
  • Windows 10 upgrade

    Good morning, We are upgrading some of our computers to Windows 10 and having issues with Sophos starting the encryption once reinstalled after the upgrade. Details: OS: Windows 7 Pro x64 upgrading to Windows 10 Pro x64 Models: Mostly Dell Latitudes…
  • Safe Guard POA disabling on endpoint

    Hello, I had an endpoint enable POA without having an appropriate policy enabling the feature and I am having issues disabling POA. Is there a way to remove POA without uninstalling SafeGuard from the endpoint? Also, is there a way to enable POA from…
  • RE: I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops Safeguard 7.0.2

    Hi Hoger, Thanks for the info. I saw the post when first researching this problem. I've tried multiple of times With the Shift + F6 and I'm not able to get the timing right do to the lag I'm guessing?? Again thanks Edit: I was finally able to…
  • I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops Safeguard 7.0.2

    Hi and thinks for taking a look. I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops after a long wait at the Safeguard "white screen" version 7.0.2... RAID is off in the bios and set to legacy. Any ideas for a work around? I haven't tried the latest…
  • Safeguard Encryption trial download link and Extended Trial License.

    Where can i get Safeguard Encryption trial download link and if possible Extended Trial License for the same ?
  • LAN Crypt transparent encryption doesn't work

    the situation: the client is windows 7 pro based, the connection to the server is fine and all rules are synchronised. the logo in the tray shows green so the transparent encryption should be activated. The network devices are showing a grey key with…
  • Safeguard Easy 4.50.4.3 upgrade question/help needed!

    Hello, According to the 4.50 user guide, SGE console does not support anything newer than Windows Server 2003. Unfortunately, Win Server 2003 is out of support and has to be upgraded to Windows Server 2012 R2. Does anyone knows if the the old SGE version…