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HP is a founding member of The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an industry-standards body that develops and promotes open industry standard specifications for trusted computing hardware building blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms, including PCs, servers, PDAs, and digital phones.

HP builds a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) into new select HP computers that integrates the core elements industry-standard security into a computer's subsystem. TPM enhances the native Microsoft™ operating system security features for file and folder encryption and protection of secrets such as certificates and passwords. The TPM Embedded Security chip is available on select desktops, workstations and notebooks. The Embedded Security Manager for ProtectTools is a module that is supported by the HP ProtectTools security manager, which is a free download, gives you all of the tools you need to centralize management of your security solutions. Learn more about HP ProtectTools in the Management section of this site.

Several products in HP's line of business computers and handhelds come complete with a combination of features designed to simplify and strengthen security:

• A power-on password that requires a user to type a password before the BIOS boots and the operating system loads.
  
• Drive locks for notebook hard drives and multibay drives that put a BIOS-level password on a computer's hard drive. Even if someone does manage to bypass the standard Windows login, they will need to know yet another password to access the hard drive.
  
• An administrator password that allows a computer to boot, but restricts access to the BIOS so settings like drive lock can't be changed.
  
• A biometric fingerprint reader offered as a standard feature on select iPAQs and as an add-on for desktops, workstations, and notebooks; with this device, a fingerprint becomes a user's password.
  
• Full support for 802.11 security standards.

To make individual systems and the networks they access immediately more secure, you can start using these features every time you power on your computer.

You have several options for adding additional authentication security to your company computers*:

• A biometric fingerprint reader that you can purchase as an accessory for a computer so a fingerprint becomes a user's password.
  
• Smart Card security that protects a computer in several different ways:

1. A patented pre-boot Smart Card prevents the computer's operating system from loading if the proper Smart Card isn't inserted in the integrated or PC-card Smart Card reader.
2. Secure lock that helps prevent unauthorized access to your unattended computer by locking it if the Smart Card is removed.
3. A USB keyboard or card reader that use Smart Card technology to prevent unauthorized access to a system and the network.

When you purchase select new HP business computers you can add an integrated Smart Card reader and a Smart Card to the system (see individual product specifications for more details). For computers without the integrated Smart Card option, or for those you already own, you can purchase a PC Smart Card reader to easily add Smart Card security functionality.

* Not all features available on all models. See product specifications for details.

HP has developed HP ProtectTools, a family of security products, to give you safer ways to stay in control and secure your data while you're on the go so you can reduce the technical and financial risks to your business.

HP ProtectTools for notebook PCs
The foundation for HP ProtectTools for notebook PCs begins with the HP ProtectTools Security Manager, an extensible console you can download free from the HP site for older HP notebooks and that will be factory-installed on next generation HP notebooks. The ProtectTools Security Manager gives you a single point of control over all elements of security for your notebook.

HP has developed four modules to work with HP ProtectTools Security Manager to allow you to customize your security.

• BIOS configuration for HP ProtectTools gives you control over your computer's BIOS settings and can prevent anyone who doesn't know your BIOS password from even booting your system. This feature is only available on notebook PCs.
  
• Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools supports multifactor Windows Authentication and single sign-on so you can have strong authentication that is simple to use.
  
• Smart Card security for HP ProtectTools allows you to easily add Smart Card security to your notebook by managing the card initialization, security settings, and integration with the BIOS.
  
• Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools allows you to configure and manage your notebook's built-in Trusted Computing Module security chip.
  

Select HP notebooks come with the BIOS configuration and Credential Manager modules already installed, and you may download others free from HP if your notebook hardware supports them. Review your product information or work with your local HP product expert for more details on which HP ProtectTools modules your notebook supports.

HP ProtectTools for iPAQ handheld PCs
HP's ProtectTool solutions for iPAQs are powered by Credant, a best-in-class security partner, and give you solid device-level security right out of the box on iPAQ hx2000 and hx4700 models with the ability to add additional Credant Management solutions later. With the pre-loaded HP ProtectTools, you can password protect your iPAQ and encrypt its data, so even if it is lost or stolen, the information on it is secure. When you add Credant Mobile Guardian solutions to your IT toolkit, you can tighten security policies as well as disable communication ports and file sharing functions for any iPAQ that has an active wireless LAN or WAN connection.

The ProCurve Networking by HP Access Control Security Solution helps you ensure that only authorized users are allowed access to your wired and wireless networks. The solution protects the LAN by restricting key network resources and services access to authenticated users. This built-in, standards-based approach to security helps shield your valuable network resources and intellectual property from internal and external security threats.

This HP solution efficiently delegates access, authentication, and tracking capabilities to switches and software that sit at the very edge of network LANs. Pushing access control to the LAN edge enables decisions to be made immediately at the boundaries of your network, rather than deferring them to the core. This smarter, safer security solution also helps prevent potentially malicious traffic from gaining access to your LAN.

HP and its industry-leading partners provide a variety of integrated printer-based security solutions-from physical safeguards to document tracking or sophisticated encryption/decryption capabilities-that meet your most stringent demands for information protection and confidentiality. HP's secure document delivery solutions increase the capabilities of HP LaserJet printers, MFPs, and Digital Senders beyond the range of their standard features. HP and its third-party partner offerings give you the power to:

• Securely erase confidential print, scan, fax, and copy jobs from HP LaserJet 9000, HP LaserJet 9000L, HP LaserJet 4100mfp, and other similar devices with HP Secure Disk Erase so you know your sensitive data cannot be accessed or stolen by unauthorized users.
  
• Protect your company's intellectual property with secure PageRecall and NetRecall, document sharing solutions that allow control and sharing of confidential information at all times, even after recipients receive it.
  
• Alert users when an important or proprietary document has been printed with an Alarm DIMM in the printer.
  
• Maintain accountability for printing sensitive documents-paychecks, invoices, insurance forms, patient records-at the printer when they are produced with an Audit DIMM.
  
• Restrict access to printed documents with FollowMe Printing that issues digital rights to printer access with portable cards, biometric identification, or numeric passcodes.
  
• Securely print to parties outside your organization through various delivery and notification options using SD Express Printing.
  
• Use a SecureDIMM to protect information as it travels from the host to the printer with encryption and decryption technology.
  
• Authorize and track encrypted or non-encrypted printing, copying, scanning, or digital sending jobs by requiring users to access printers and multifunction products with a personal identification number or smart card with SecureJet 4.0.
  
• Manage the delivery of point-to-point fax transmissions or encrypt documents for delivery via email with Genifax and Genidocs software.
  
• Accommodate NT, Novell, LDAP, or Kerberos authentication and works by prompting the user for a username and password prior to allowing the user to access any of the digital sending functionality with HP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 4.0.
  
• Autofill the "from" portion of an email sent by an authenticated user on an MFP and then encrypt that email for total security with HP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 4.0.