- Kaspersky Endpoint Security overview
- What's new in this version
- Comparison of Kaspersky Endpoint Security functions depending on the Kaspersky Security Center management tool
- Install and uninstall Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Start the application for the first time
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security interface
- About notifications
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security licensing
- Perform common tasks
- Open and quit the application
- View the status of computer protection
- Disable and resume computer protection
- Use Protection Center
- Perform scan tasks
- Configure the automatic start of a scheduled scan task
- Update application databases
- What to do if file access is blocked
- Restore a file that has been deleted or disinfected by the application
- View the application operation report
- What to do if notification windows appear
- Advanced configuration of the application
- Participate in Kaspersky Security Network
- Manage the application via Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console
- Deploy Kaspersky Endpoint Security on a corporate network
- Update Kaspersky Endpoint Security version 10 or 11 to version 11.2
- Prepare for remote installation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Manage Network Agent from the command line
- Install and uninstall Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Start and stop the application via Kaspersky Security Center
- Create and manage tasks
- Create and manage policies
- Create and manage policy profiles
- Generate a report on detected objects
- Get a recovery key for an encrypted disk
- Remote administration of the application via Kaspersky Security Center Web Console and Cloud Console
- Create policies
- Create tasks
- Get a recovery key for an encrypted drive
- Manage the application from the command line
- View command line help
- Run virus scan
- Update the application
- Roll back the last update
- Start/stop a component or task
- View status and statistics of a component or task
- Export protection preferences
- Activate the application
- Install the system extension
- Configure network connections
- Remove license keys
- Return codes of the command line
- Quit the application
- Uninstall the application
- Contact Technical Support
- Sources of information about the application
- Appendices
- Information about third-party code
- Trademark notices
Remote administration of the application via Kaspersky Security Center Web Console and Cloud Console > Get a recovery key for an encrypted drive
Get a recovery key for an encrypted drive
Get a recovery key for an encrypted drive
If a user of a client computer forgets or loses his or her credentials and cannot access an encrypted drive, you can get a recovery key.
- Click the administrator account name in the lower left corner of the Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console window.
- Choose Interface options.
- In the dialog that opens, turn on the Show Data encryption and protection toggle switch to enable managing data encryption and click Save.
- Go to OPERATIONS > DATA ENCRYPTION AND PROTECTION > ENCRYPTED DRIVES.
The list of encrypted devices opens.
- Select the check box next to the device with the encrypted drive.
- Click Grant access to the device in offline mode.
- In the Grant access to the device in offline mode dialog, select the web plug-in for Kaspersky Endpoint Security and click OK.
- Click Get recovery key.
A recovery key appears in the current dialog window.
- Save the recovery key in any convenient way.
You can use this recovery key on a client computer to access the encrypted drive.
Article ID: 195034, Last review: Feb 25, 2022