User guide

Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

Securityfeatures

Thefollowingsecurityfeaturesareavailableonyourcomputer:

•ComputraceAgentsoftwareembeddedinﬁrmware

TheComputraceAgentsoftwareisanITassetmanagementandcomputertheftrecoverysolution.

Thesoftwaredetectsifchangeshavebeenmadeonthecomputer,suchashardware,software,or

thecomputercall-inlocation.

Note:YoumighthavetopurchaseasubscriptiontoactivatetheComputraceAgentsoftware.

•Coverpresenceswitch(alsocalledintrusionswitch)

Thecoverpresenceswitchpreventsyourcomputerfromloggingintotheoperatingsystemwhenthe

computercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosed.Toenablethecoverpresenceswitchconnector

onthesystemboard,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.

2.Settheadministratorpassword.See“Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword”onpage38.

3.FromtheSecuritysubmenu,selectChassisIntrusionDetection➙Enabled.Thecoverpresence

switchconnectoronthesystemboardisenabled.

Whenyouturnonthecomputer,ifthecoverpresenceswitchdetectsthatyourcomputercoverisnot

correctlyinstalledorclosed,anerrormessagewillbedisplayed.Tobypasstheerrormessageand

logintotheoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Properlyinstallorcloseyourcomputercover.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage110.

2.PressF1toentertheSetupUtilityprogram.ThenpressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtility

program.Theerrormessagewillnotbedisplayedagain.

•AbilitytoenableanddisabledevicesandUSBconnectors

Formoreinformation,see“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage39.

•Integratedﬁngerprintreader(availableonsomemodels)

Fingerprintauthenticationcanreplacepasswordsandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.Formore

information,see“Usingtheﬁngerprintreader”onpage18.

•TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)

TrustedPlatformModuleisasecurecryptoprocessorthatcanstorecryptographickeysthatprotect

informationstoredinyourcomputer.

Lockingthecomputercover

Lockingthecomputercoverhelpspreventunauthorizedpeoplefromgainingaccesstotheinsideofyour

computer.Yourcomputercomeswithapadlockloopsothatthecomputercovercannotberemoved

whenapadlockisinstalled.