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Encryptionsolid-statedrive
SomemodelscontaintheEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourtabletagainst
securityattacksonmedia,NANDflash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Forthe
efficientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Usingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconfidentialinformation
electronically.Youcansetthesecuritychipinyourtablettoenhancecomputingsecurity.Somemodels
areequippedwithonesecuritychipcalledthefirmwareTPM(displayedas“TrustedPlatformModule
2.0”inDeviceManager).SomemodelsareequippedwithtwosecuritychipscalledthediscreteTPM
(displayedas“TrustedPlatformModule1.2”inDeviceManager)andthefirmwareTPM.Formodelswithtwo
securitychips,youcanselectwhichoneyouwanttouseintheThinkPadTabletSetupprogrambyusing
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Note:EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetintheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram;otherwise
anyonecanchangethesettingsforthesecuritychip.
AbouttheSecurityChipmenu
TheSecurityChipmenuprovidesthefollowingitemsforyoutoconfiguretheembeddedsecuritychip.You
canfindtheSecurityChipmenufromtheSecuritymenuoftheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.
SecurityChipSelection:Selectthesecuritychipyouwanttouse.Thisitemisdisplayedonlyonsome
tabletmodels.
SecurityChip:Enableordisablethesecuritychip.
ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.Thisoptionisnotdisplayedwhenthesecuritychipis
inactiveordisabled.Toclearthesecuritychip,ensurethatyouactivateorenablethesecuritychipfirst
sothatthisoptioncanbedisplayed.
Settingthesecuritychip
TosetthesecuritychipthroughtheSecurityChipmenu,dothefollowing:
1.Printtheseinstructions.
2.Saveallopenfilesandexitallapplications.Then,turnoffyourtablet.
3.Pressthepowerbuttonandthevolume-upbuttonatthesametimewhenyouturnonthetablet.The
ThinkPadTabletSetupprogrammenuopens.
4.TapSecurity.
5.TapSecurityChip.
6.Settheitems.
7.Saveconfigurationchangesandexit.
Usingfirewalls
Yourtabletispreinstalledwithafirewallprogramaspartofantiviruspackage.Thisprogramprotectsagainst
Internetsecuritythreats,unauthorizedaccess,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
Formoreinformationabouthowtousethefirewallprogram,refertotheonlinehelpthatcomeswiththe
program.
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