Advisory: Issue with Sophos Disk Encryption when managed from Sophos Enterprise Console – potentially missing authentication step when resuming a laptop from sleep mode

It was recently discovered that customers using Sophos Disk Encryption (SDE) managed by Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC) may experience a rare situation where resuming a laptop from sleep-mode can result in immediate access to the desktop without the need to authenticate the user’s credentials. Customers who use SEC managed encryption are recommended to upgrade to the latest SEC version 5.2.2.