Security risks can seriously affect a business' survivability. To ensure an end-to-end security management policy that aligns with your business needs, care must be taken in securing business at all levels, from asset protection, access control, data protection to network security.
Did you know that a stolen notebook can cost a business up to $89,000, almost all in the value of lost data?* 85 percent of large organizations that were attacked in 2002 lost billions in lost devices, productivity, intellectual property and public confidence.*
In an increasingly mobile and interconnected world, security risks are rising with the growth of the "Internet economy." The growth in security risks also spells an increasing need for wireless security, as more business is conducted using mobile devices.
Without security, any e-business faces substantial risks. By partnering with HP, which provides a comprehensive and flexible set of security solutions customisable to meet your security needs, you can help make your business more competitive without compromising vital security.
Asset protection
Increased workforce mobility puts your sensitive data at risk. That's why it's important to use physical safeguards to protect these assets. HP offers a wide variety of asset protection tools and technologies to help ensure your data is secure, even in the event of theft.
- Smart Cover sensor and lock - an electronic sensor and software-controllable cover lock protect against unauthorised desktop chassis cover and unwanted component removals
- Memory change alert - proactively monitor and manage memory, assets, and configurations on PCs equipped with HP Client Manager Software for unauthorised modifications - onsite and remotely
- Security cable locks and screws - a simple physical lock with tamper-resistant screws prevent hard drive removal on desktops and workstations
- Computrace solution (from Absolute Software) - monitors assets daily and attempts to recover PCs if they are stolen
Access control and data protection
As your trusted global partner, HP creates both wired and wireless secure solutions spanning the entire network environment. Protect your network and data with various security measures from HP and combine them with other devices and techniques for additional protection. These specially designed security features support latest industry-standard protocols on all notebooks, Tablet PCs, handhelds, printers, and client PC cards.
- Power-on password - requires an authorised password to start the system or resume from suspended mode
- DriveLock - provides password-protected access for notebook hard drives
- Biometric technology - uses fingerprint or other biometric devices to authenticate users
- Network monitoring - support for network hardware and processes from HP Services
- Intrusion detection - intrusion detection software, implementation and support from HP Services
- Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) - protect network data integrity after the user is identified using public-key infrastructure (PKI) authentication or username and password
- ProtectTools Smart Card Security Manager - a customisable software solution that works with a smart card to secure login at the BIOS level, encrypt data storage and communication, secure printing, and more
Network security
Wireless networks are sprouting everywhere and with them increased security risks. HP uses several key protocols and security mechanisms to help protect your data in these environments:
- Media Access Control (MAC) - a filtering technique that limits network access to only clients registered with associated access points.
- Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) - protects wireless network data traffic by equipping each station and its associated access point with secret shared keys used for WEP encryption. The access point verifies the shared keys match and authenticates the station.
- Wi-Fi® Protected Access (WPA) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - WPA strengthens basic WEP mechanisms. AES emerged in 2003 as the new encryption standard that will eventually replace underlying data protection mechanisms used by WPA and WEP.
- 802.1X dynamic encryption keys - provides a more advanced, standards-based approach for authenticating wireless LAN users and dynamically changing data encryption keys for each user session. HP broadly supports the 802.1x standard for numerous extensible Authentication Protocols (EAP) including Cisco Lightweight EAP (LEAP) on many HP wireless enabled devices.
Key partnerships
HP also collaborates with leading product and applications partners in the security industry to ensure that the best technology will be available for both local and global implementations.
HP strategic security partners include industry leaders such as Cisco Systems, Check Point, Symantec, RSA Security, and Entrust. These partner solutions include:
- Cisco Compatible Extensions certification: ensures solid interoperability between HP notebooks with integrated wireless LAN and Cisco Aironet wireless LAN infrastructure products. HP participates in this program to deliver industry-leading integrated wireless LAN capabilities supporting Cisco's unique wireless LAN features such as Cisco LEAP.
- Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient: allows HP iPAQ Pocket PC users to securely connect to their corporate networks.
HP ProtectTools Embedded Security
HP ProtectTools Embedded Security is a security chip available on select HP desktop and notebook business PCs. Based on the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which incorporates core security elements into a single independent hardware-based subsystem, Embedded Security uses key hardware and software features to establish platform identity for authentication.
Embedded Security was developed from HP's efforts as a founding promoter of the Trusted Computing Group, whose members work to create specifications for a dependable, secure Internet platform.
The importance of a security management policy
To be effective, security must be a carefully monitored long-term process. The importance of a dynamic security management program cannot be underestimated as the solutions implemented today may be compromised tomorrow without effective monitoring.
HP can help your company design, deploy, and manage stable and robust security management practices to protect your data integrity.
Why HP?
Our goal is to protect your company's privacy, intellectual property, or entire enterprise from intentional, accidental harm or exposure. As a recognised leader with extensive experience and proven technology, we offer robust end-to-end security solutions to safeguard your company.
HP gives you more value with:
- Over 75 Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs)
- Best Security Services Award in 2001 and 2002 from Security Computing Magazine
- 20 years of consulting with tens of thousands of satisfied customers
- World Class Security Centers located in the Americas and Asia Pacific researching security breaches and new attack methodologies
Don't just take our word for it
HP customers provide the strongest testimony to the value of our security solutions. We have implemented thousands of secure, enterprise-level solutions worldwide for Internet companies, major Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and over 90 percent of the world's stock exchanges, which have all built their e-business computing environments using HP hardware, software and services.
To learn more about protecting your company with HP secure solutions, visit www.hp.com/go/security or contact your local HP sales representative.
|
Printable version
