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•IfaDiskEncryptionstoragedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,besuretoprotectthecontentsofyour

computermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessesbyuseofdriveencryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoft

WindowsBitLocker

DriveEncryption.See“UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage56

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,deletethedatastoredonit.Formoreinformation,

referto“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage60.

TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,usethedriveencryptionsoftware,suchas

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofsomeeditionsoftheWindows

operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystemanddatastoredonyourcomputer,even

ifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingalluserandsystemﬁles,includingthe

swapandhibernationﬁles.

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly

bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdeﬁnedasaV1.2TPM.

TochecktheBitLockerstatus,openControlPanel,andclickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive

Encryption.

FormoreinformationaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemofthe

Windowsoperatingsystem,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-Step

Guide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelps

toprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDﬂash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofa

hardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefﬁcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordforthe

internalstoragedevice.

Settingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconﬁdentialinformation

electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,

acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:

•Protectyourdataandsystem

•Strengthenaccesscontrols

•Securecommunications

Settingthesecuritychip

ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas

follows:

•SecurityChip:Activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.

•SecurityReportingOptions:Enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.

•ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

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