Deployment Guide

Introduction
Dell Data Protection | Security Tools provides security and identity protection to Dell computer administrators and users. DDP | Security
Tools is pre-installed on all Dell Latitude, Optiplex, and Precision computers and on select Dell XPS notebooks. Should you need to reinstall
DDP | Security Tools, follow the instructions in this guide. For additional support, see www.dell.com/support > Endpoint Security
Solutions.
Overview
DDP | Security Tools is an end-to-end security solution designed to provide advanced authentication support, as well as support for
Preboot Authentication (PBA) and management of self-encrypting drives.
DDP | Security Tools provides multi-factor support for Windows authentication with passwords, fingerprint readers, and smart cards -
both "contactless" and "contacted" - as well as self-enrollment, One-Step Logon (Single Sign-On [SSO]), and One-time Passwords
(OTP).
Before making Security Tools available to end users, administrators may want to configure Security Tools features, using the DDP Security
Console's Administrator Settings tool, for example, to enable Preboot Authentication and authentication policies. However, default
settings allow administrators and users to begin using Security Tools immediately after installation and activation.
DDP Security Console
The DDP Security Console is the Security Tools interface through which users can enroll and manage their credentials and configure self-
recovery questions, based on policy set by the administrator. Users can access these Security Tools applications:
• The Encryption tool allows users to view the encryption status of the computer's drives.
• The Enrollments tool allows users to set up and manage credentials, configure self-recovery questions, and view the status of their
credential enrollment. These privileges are based on policy set by the administrator.
• Password Manager allows users to automatically fill in and submit data required to log on to websites, Windows applications, and
network resources. Password Manager also provides the capability for a user to change their logon passwords through the application,
ensuring that passwords maintained by Password Manager are kept in sync with those of the targeted resource.
Administrator Settings
The Administrator Settings tool is used to configure Security Tools for all users of the computer, allowing the administrator to set up
authentication policies, manage users, and configure which credentials can be used for Windows logon.
With the Administrator Settings tool, the administrator can enable encryption and Preboot Authentication (PBA), as well as configure PBA
policies and customize PBA screen text.
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