Reference Guide ProtectTools Security Manager

Reference Guide iii
Contents
1Introduction
ProtectTools Security Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Accessing the ProtectTools Security Manager . . . . . 1–2
Understanding Security Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Managing ProtectTools Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Creating a Secure Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
2 Smart Card Security for ProtectTools
Basic concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Initializing the smart card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Smart card BIOS security mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Enabling smart card BIOS security mode
and setting the smart card administrator password . . 2–4
Changing the smart card administrator password . . . 2–6
Setting and changing the smart card user
password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Storing the administrator or user card password . . . . 2–8
General tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Updating BIOS smart card settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Selecting the smart card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Changing the smart card PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Backing up and restoring smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11