Harddisksecurity
Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedsecuritysolutionforsolidstatedriveorharddiskdrive.Toprotect
passwordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithmsare
integratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebooks.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorhard
diskdrive.RefertotheproceduresinPower-onpasswordandHarddiskpasswords.Forsecurity,
alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.RefertoSettingthesecuritychip.
3.IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveoranEncryptionsolidstatedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,
besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdrive
encryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker®DriveEncryptioninWindows7.Refer
toUsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive.
Note:TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputerfrombeingsubjecttounauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryption
software,suchasWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7.ItissupportedinUltimate
andEnterpriseeditionsofWindows7.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystemanddatastoredinyour
computerdata,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingalluserandsystem
les,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive
Encryption.
FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,gototheHelpandSupportforWindows7,orsearch
for“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”ontheMicrosoftwebsite.
DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedrive
SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolidstatedrive.Thisfeature
helpstoprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDashordevicecontrollersbyuse
ofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaharddisk
passwordfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Settingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:
•Protectyourdataandsystem
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