Users Manual
Solidstatedrivesecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms
areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedrive.Referto
theproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage46and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage46.For
security,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage50.
3.IfasolidstatedriveequippedwithEncryptionfeaturesisinstalledinyourcomputer,besuretoprotect
thecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryptionsoftware,
suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
®
DriveEncryption.Referto“UsingWindowsBitLockerDrive
Encryption”onpage50
.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolidstatedrive”onpage55.
Note:ThesolidstatedrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7.Itissupportedinthe
UltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystems.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperating
systemanddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksby
encryptingalluserandsystemles,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙BitLocker
DriveEncryption.FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seetheWindows7Helpand
Supportprogram,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”on
theMicrosoftWebsite.
Settingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:
•Protectyourdataandsystem
•Strengthenaccesscontrols
•Securecommunications
Settingthesecuritychip
ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas
follows:
•SecurityChip:activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.
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