Tpm Encryption Recovery Key Backup Alarm

In domain-joined environments, Group Policy can force recovery keys to escrow into Active Directory (Attribute: msTPM-OwnerInformation ). This is the gold standard for IT departments.

For keys stored in AD, enable auditing on the msTPM-OwnerInformation attribute. Use PowerShell to monitor: tpm encryption recovery key backup alarm

A disgruntled employee with administrative rights can retrieve the recovery key for any system in Active Directory. Without an alarm, this goes unnoticed. With an alarm (via Windows Event ID 506 or 507), security ops gets an alert: “User J.Doe accessed BitLocker recovery key for Finance-Server-02.” That is a red flag for potential data exfiltration. Use PowerShell to monitor: A disgruntled employee with

: Some users find that the alarm reappears unless the host is disconnected and reconnected to vCenter to refresh the status. : Some users find that the alarm reappears

Go to the tab and select Issues and Alarms > Triggered Alarms .

The is a warning triggered in VMware vCenter Server (version 7.0 Update 2 and later) when an ESXi host with an active Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 chip has not had its configuration encryption recovery key manually backed up by an administrator.