Manual

youcreate.Createthissecureenvironmentassoonaspossible,beforeapasswordisforgotten.Youcannot
resetaforgottenhardwarepassworduntilthissecureenvironmentiscreatedonyourharddriveandafter
youhaveenrolled.Thistoolisavailableonselectcomputersonly.
SupportforsystemswithoutTrustedPlatformModule
ClientSecuritySolutionVersion8.2supportsLenovo-brandedsystemsthatdonothaveacompliant
embeddedsecuritychip.Thissupportallowsastandardinstallationacrosstheentireenterpriseinorder
tocreateaconsistentsecureenvironment.Thesystemsthathavetheembeddedsecurityhardwareare
morerobustagainstanattack;however,thesoftware-onlymachinesalsobenetfromtheadditionalsecurity
andfunctionality.
FingerprintSoftware
TheobjectiveofbiometricngerprinttechnologiesofferedbyLenovoistohelpcustomersreducethe
costsassociatedwithmanagingpasswords,enhancethesecurityoftheirsystems,andhelpaddress
regulatorycompliance.WithLenovongerprintreaders,FingerprintSoftwareenablesngerprint
authenticationonindividualcomputersandnetworks.FingerprintSoftwarecombinedwithClientSecurity
SolutionVersion8.2offersexpandedfunctionality.ForClientSecuritySolution8.21,bothThinkVantage
FingerprintSoftware5.8.2andLenovoFingerprintSoftware2.0aresupportedfordifferentmachine
types.YoucanndoutmoreaboutLenovongerprinttechnologiesanddownloadthesoftwareat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/MIGR-59650.html
FingerprintSoftwareoffersthesefunctions:
•Clientsoftwarecapabilities
–MicrosoftWindowspasswordreplacement:
Replacesyourpasswordwithyourngerprintforeasy,fast,andsecuresystemaccess.
–BIOSpassword(alsoknownaspower-onpassword)andharddrivepasswordsreplacement:
Replacespasswordswithyourngerprinttoenhancelogonsecurityandconvenience.
–Pre-bootngerprintauthenticationforSafeGuardEasyfull-driveencryption:
UtilizesngerprintauthenticationtodecryptyourharddrivebeforestartingWindows.
–SingleswipetoaccessBIOSandWindows:
SavesvaluabletimebyswipingyourngeratstartuptogainaccesstoBIOSandWindows,saving
valuabletime.
–IntegrationwithClientSecuritySolution:
UsewiththeClientSecuritySolutionPasswordManagerandleveragetheTrustedPlatformModule.
UserscanswipetheirngertoaccessWebsitesandselectapplications.
•Administratorfeatures
–Securitymodetoggle:
Allowsanadministratortotogglebetweensecureandconvenientmodestomodifyaccessrights
oflimitedusers.
•Securitycapabilities
–Softwaresecurity:
Protectsusertemplatesthroughstrongencryptionwhenstoredonasystemandwhentransferredfrom
thereadertothesoftware.
–Hardwaresecurity:
Providesasecurityreaderwithaco-processorthatstoresandprotectsngerprinttemplates,BIOS
passwords,andencryptionkeys.
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