Security functions
Brief overview of security functions
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Security functions Type of protection
Preparation
Kensington Lock Mechanical Fitting and locking the
Kensington MicroSaver
(accessory)
Fingerprint sensor
(device-dependent)
Biometric Installing the supplied
fingerprint software
BIOS password protection Password protection for BIOS
Setup, operating system a nd
hard disk with supervisor and
user password. The password s
consist of a maximum of eight
alphanumeric characters.
Specify at least one supervisor
password in the BIOS Setup
and activate the password
protection for the o perating
system and hard disk as
desired.
Boot from Removable Media
Prevents unauthorised booting
of an operating system from
external media (e.g. USB stick,
USB CD-ROM drive etc.)
In the BIOS Setup, go to the
Security menu and edit the
option Boot from Remova bl
e
Media.
Owner Information
(device-dependent)
Displays Help Desk or Owner
Information during the booting
process
In the BIOS Setup go to the
Security menu and edit the
option Owner Information.
Virus Warning
(device-dependent)
This checks the boot sectors of
the hard disk drive to see if any
changes have been made since
the previous system start-up.
In the BIOS Setup go to the
Security menu and edit the
option Virus Warning.
SmartCard r eader
(device-dependent)
PIN and SmartCard prote
ction
for operating system
Install the corresponding
software, e.g. SmartCase
Logon+ (accessory). Specify
a password when using the
SmartCase Logon+ software.
Trusted Platform Mod
ule
(device-dependent
)
Identification and au
thentication
of the notebook
Defining a s uperviso r
password
in the BIOS Setup and
enabling
the TPM (Sec urity Ch
ip)
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