Dell Data Security and Dell Data Protection Product Names

Summary: Learn about the history of Dell Data Security and Dell Data Protection product names including encryption, threat protection, incident response, and more.

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Dell Data Security is a product suite that includes products originally branded as Credant Mobile Guardian. In 2012, Dell acquired Credant and rebranded the product suite to Dell Data Protection. In 2017, the product suite was rebranded to Dell Data Security. Other products were developed by Dell partners and use different branding. This article shows the history of each product name.

Affected Products:

  • Dell Encryption Enterprise
  • Dell Encryption Enterprise for Mac
  • Dell Encryption Personal
  • Dell Encryption External Media
  • Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
  • Dell Security Management Server
  • Dell Security Management Server Virtual
  • Dell BitLocker Manager
  • Dell Encryption Self-Encrypting Drive Manager
  • Dell Full Disk Encryption
  • Dell Threat Defense
  • Absolute
  • CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor
  • Carbonite Endpoint
  • Netskope
  • Secureworks Managed Detection & Response
  • Secureworks Red Cloak Threat Detection & Response
  • Secureworks Taegis XDR
  • Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR
  • Dell Trusted Device
  • VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint
  • VMware Workspace ONE
  • Dell Trusted Device
  • Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition for Mac
  • Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | External Media Edition
  • Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro
  • Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Server
  • Dell Data Protection | Virtual Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | BitLocker Manager
  • Dell Data Protection | Self-Encrypting Drive Manager
  • Mozy by Dell
  • Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace
  • Dell Data Protection | Server Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | Security Tools
  • Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Mobile
  • Dell Data Protection | Cloud Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | Secure Lifecycle
  • Dell Data Guardian
  • Dell Data Protection | Mobile Edition
  • Dell Data Protection | Managed Migration Utility
  • Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery
  • Dell BIOS Verification

Dell Data Security (formerly Dell Data Protection) products each have different functions. Click the appropriate function for more information.

Dell Data Security products exist for different methods of encryption. Review the appropriate encryption type for more information.

File-Folder Encryption

File-folder encryption products exist for:

  • Locally managed:
Credant Name
(v1.x to 6.x)		 Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Credant Mobile Guardian Stand Alone Edition Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition Dell Encryption Personal
  • Centrally managed:
Credant Name
(v1.x to 6.x)		 Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Credant Mobile Guardian Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Dell Encryption Enterprise
Not applicable Dell Data Protection | Server Edition

Full-Disk Encryption

Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Dell Data Protection | Self-Encrypting Drive Manager Dell Encryption Enterprise Self-Encrypting Drive Manager
Not applicable Dell Full Disk Encryption

Full Volume Encryption

Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Dell Data Protection | BitLocker Manager Dell BitLocker Manager
Dell Data Protection | Hardware Crypto-Accelerator1 Not applicable

1As of January 2018, Dell Data Protection | Hardware Crypto-Accelerator has reached End of Support (EOS). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Mac Encryption

Credant Name
(v1.x to 6.x)		 Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Credant Mobile Guardian for Mac Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition for Mac Dell Encryption Enterprise for Mac1

1As of February 2021, Dell Encryption for Mac has reached End of Maintenance (EOM). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

External Media Encryption

Credant Name
(v1.x to 6.x)		 Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.0 to 8.14)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v8.15 and Later)
Credant Mobile Guardian External Media Shield Dell Data Protection | External Media Edition Dell Encryption External Media

Cloud Encryption

Credant Name Dell Data Protection Name Dell Data Security Name
(v1.x to 6.x) (v7.0 to 8.10) (v8.11 to 8.12) (v1.0 and Later)
Cloud Edition Dell Data Protection | Cloud Edition Dell Data Protection | Secure Lifecycle Dell Data Guardian1

1As of December 2019, Dell Data Guardian has reached End of Support (EOS). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Management Servers

Credant Name
(v1.x to 7.5)		 Dell Data Protection Name
(v7.6 to 9.7)		 Dell Data Security Name
(v9.8 and Later)
Credant Mobile Guardian Enterprise Server Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Server Dell Security Management Server
Not applicable Dell Data Protection | Virtual Edition Dell Security Management Server Virtual
Not applicable Not applicable Dell Security Center1

1As of September 2019, Dell Security Center has reached End of Life (EOL). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Threat protection products are separated by Dell partners.

  • VMware Carbon Black
Former Name Current Name
VMware Carbon Black Defense VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint
VMware Carbon Black LiveOps VMware Carbon Black Cloud Audit & Remediation
VMware Carbon Black ThreatHunter VMware Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise EDR
Not applicable VMware Carbon Black Cloud Prevention
Not applicable VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload Protection
  • CrowdStrike
Current Name
CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor1
  • Cylance
Dell Data Security Name
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise2
Dell Threat Defense2
  • Invincea
Dell Data Protection Name Dell Data Security Name
Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace3 Dell Protected Workspace3
  • McAfee
Dell Data Security Name
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro4

1As of December 2019, CrowdStrike has reached End of Sale (EOS).
2As of May 2022, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise and Dell Threat Defense have reached End of Maintenance (EOM).
3As of January 2018, Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace has reached End of Life (EOL).
4As of January 2019, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro has reached End of Maintenance (EOM).

Note: For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Secureworks

Former Name Current Name
Secureworks Red Cloak Threat Detection & Response Secureworks Taegis XDR
Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection & Response Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR

Dell

Current Name
Dell MDR (Managed Detection and Response)

Authentication products are separated by Dell-developed and partner-developed products.

  • Dell-developed:
Dell Data Security Name
Dell Data Protection | Security Tools1
Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Mobile2
  • Partner-developed:
Current Name
Absolute
Netskope

1As of February 2018, Dell Data Protection | Security Tools has reached End of Support (EOS).
2As of April 2018, Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Mobile has reached End of Life (EOL).

Note: For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Data storage solution products are separated by Dell-developed and partner-developed products.

  • Dell-developed
Dell Data Protection Name
Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery1
  • Partner-developed
Current Name
Carbonite Endpoint2
Mozy Backup by Dell3
Mozy Sync by Dell3

1As of October 2017, Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery has reached End of Life (EOL).
2As of May 2020, Carbonite Endpoint has reached End of Sale (EOS).
3As of January 8, 2020, Mozy Backup by Dell and Mozy Sync by Dell have reached End of Life (EOL).

Note: For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.
Dell Data Security Former Name Dell Data Security Current Name
Dell BIOS Verification Dell Trusted Device

Mobile device management products are separated by Dell-developed and partner-developed products.

  • Dell-developed
Dell Data Security Name
Dell Data Protection | Mobile Edition1
  • Partner-developed
Former Name Dell Data Security Name
AirWatch Green Workspace ONE Standard
AirWatch Blue Workspace ONE Advanced
AirWatch Express Workspace ONE Express+

1As of March 2018, Dell Data Protection | Mobile Edition reached End of Maintenance (EOM). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

Credant Name Dell Data Protection Name Dell Data Security Name
CMGAD CMGAD CMGAD
CMGALU CMGALU CMGALU
CMGAU CMGAU CMGAU
Not applicable Not applicable Dell Data Security Uninstaller
Not applicable Dell Data Protection | Managed Migration Utility1 Not applicable
WSDeactivate WSDeactivate WSDeactivate
WSProbe WSProbe WSProbe
WSScan WSScan WSScan

1As of January 2018, Dell Data Protection | Managed Migration Utility reached End of Support (EOS). For more information, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security.

To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
Go to TechDirect to generate a technical support request online.
For additional insights and resources, join the Dell Security Community Forum.

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Affected Products

Absolute, Carbonite, CrowdStrike, Dell Data Guardian, Dell Encryption, Dell Protected Workspace, Dell Security Tools, Dell Threat Defense, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Mozy by Dell, Secureworks , VMWare AirWatch, Workspace One ...
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Article Number: 000124906
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 19 Jun 2024
Version:  15
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