HP Compaq NW8000 User manual

HP ProtectTools Security Manager
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
The security dilemma............................................................................................................................ 2
HP ProtectTools Security Manager ......................................................................................................... 3
Security Software Modules for HP ProtectTools ........................................................................................ 4
Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools ............................................................................................... 4
BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools............................................................................................... 5
Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools.............................................................................................. 7
Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools ............................................................................................. 8
Platform Support .............................................................................................................................. 9
Frequently Asked Questions .................................................................................................................. 9
Additional Resources.......................................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction
As computers are getting increasingly mobile and better connected, threats to data security are
increasing in magnitude as well as complexity. Correspondingly business customers, for whom data
security can have a direct impact on the health of their business, are becoming increasingly
concerned about this problem.
HP saw the need for a better security solution very early, and started devoting resources to solving this
problem. Knowing that security needed to be addressed holistically, HP required the solution to bring
many technology areas together in a way that helps ensure not only protection for client devices, but
also helps ensure that client devices themselves do not become points of vulnerability that could be
used to threaten the entire IT infrastructure.
As a result of this proactive effort, HP has developed a solution, the HP ProtectTools Security
Manager, that not only meets the above requirements, but is also extensible and therefore can easily
grow to handle new threats and offer new technologies as they become available.
The security dilemma
Businesses trying to implement client device security face a dizzying number of choices that may not
always work well together. In addition, security solutions can be difficult to deploy and use. If a
technology is difficult to use, most users will avoid using it, and this further complicates the task of
making client devices secure.
Client device security options feature a number of capabilities based on a variety of technologies:
•Notebook and desktop computers can be configured with Smart Card readers
•The Trusted Platform Module , or TPM embedded security chip designed to the Trusted Computing
Group (TCG) standard, is available on a range of HP products
•Biometrics and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) are expected to become more important as
those technologies mature and become more suitable for enterprise deployment
In addition, many client devices include security features that exist within the device BIOS. These
include features such as:
•Pre-boot authentication – ability to authenticate a user before allowing the system to boot
•Device configuration lock down
•Remote management capabilities
While these security features increasingly rely on established industry standards, and therefore better
integrate with other elements of IT security, there are still challenges that are keeping these features
from being widely deployed and used. These challenges include:
•Usability: technologies and features that are difficult to use
•Manageability: technologies and features that are difficult to manage, particularly on a large scale
•Awareness: IT managers and users are not aware of a feature, or do not understand its purpose
•Interoperability: features or services that span multiple technologies
•Extensibility: solutions that adapt as security needs grow and newer technologies and features
become available
The HP ProtectTools Security Manager is a security platform that addresses these challenges by using
add-on software modules, which provide important client security features. New features can easily
be added by installing new modules. This architecture gives users an easy to use all in one security
solution.

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HP ProtectTools Security Manager
At the heart of the security strategy for business notebooks, desktops and workstations is the HP
ProtectTools Security Manager – this single client console application unifies security capabilities of
HP client PCs under a common architecture and single user interface. Today, a range of features is
being delivered that build on underlying hardware security building blocks such as TPM embedded
security chips designed to the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) standard and Smart Card technology.
Collectively these features are addressing business customer needs for better protection against
unauthorized PC access, as well as stronger protection for sensitive data stored locally or accessed
over a network.
Figure 1 - HP ProtectTools Security Manager Console
HP ProtectTools Security Manager embodies an extensible framework that is designed to allow
security software functionality to be added through add-on modules. This approach supports longer
term client device security strategy by enabling HP to introduce new functionality over time, but in a
highly integrated manner. Ultimately, customers benefit from security features that are easier to use,
manage, and provide enhanced value through features that play off of multiple security hardware
attributes of the client device.
HP ProtectTools Security Manager is only the first step. The application is a security platform that gets
it’s functionality via plug in software modules. A number of software modules are also being
introduced that provide better protection against unauthorized access to the PC, while making access
to the PC and network resources simple and convenient for authorized users.
Features include support for broad multifactor user authentication where a number of different security
technologies, such as Smart Cards, biometric fingerprint readers or TPM embedded security chips,
can be used to authenticate users. Users are provided with more secure as well as convenient
alternatives to passwords when logging into a Microsoft Windows PC. HP is also extending the HP
ProtectTools Security Manager feature set to include a client-centric single sign-on capability that
conveniently stores and protects many of the credentials users need daily to access websites, network
resources and applications.
Additional modules are also available that deliver a higher degree of client device security from the
moment power is turned on. By leveraging underlying security technologies such as a TPM
embedded security chip, HP is enabling better protection against unauthorized access even prior to
allowing the operating system to load.

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Security Software Modules for HP ProtectTools
This section provides more details on specific add-on security software modules available for use with
the HP ProtectTools Security Manager. The modular architecture of the HP ProtectTools Security
Manger enables add-on modules to be selectively installed by the end user or IT administrator,
providing a high degree of flexibility to customize HP ProtectTools depending on security needs and
the underlying hardware configuration. Several of the add-on modules are adapted versions of
previously released stand-alone security applications. Integrated into the HP ProtectTools platform,
they form a holistic security solution. Going forward HP expects to continue to expand its client
security offerings with additional modules for the HP ProtectTools Security Manager.
Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools1
Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools is an add-on module for the HP ProtectTools security manager
that allows users to configure how they would like to use the TPM embedded security chip. This add-
on module is intended for client devices configured with a TPM embedded security chip designed to
the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) standard.
Figure 2 - Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools
Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools provides important client security functionality where a TPM
embedded security chip is used to help protect against unauthorized access to sensitive user data or
credentials. Features accessed through Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools include:
•Administrative functions such as taking ownership and managing the owner pass phrase
•User functions such as user enrollment and managing user pass phrases
•Feature configuration including setting up enhanced Microsoft EFS and Personal Secure Drive for
helping to protect user data management functions such as backing up and restoring the key
hierarchy as well as key migration
Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools is supported on all HP business notebooks, desktops and
workstations that can be configured with a TPM embedded security chip option.
1Support for the TPM embedded security chip was previously provided as part of a standalone application called HP ProtectTools Embedded
Security Manager. Beginning in early 2004, all subsequent support for the TPM embedded security chip will be delivered through the Embedded
Security for HP ProtectTools module and will require the HP ProtectTools Security Manager application.

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Table 1 – Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Works with HP ProtectTools Security
Manager
User interface is fully integrated into the HP ProtectTools Security Manager.
Increases the functionality of the entire security solution by allowing access to the
TPM embedded security chip. For example, if the TPM embedded security chip is
present, Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools uses it to further secure the
encryption keys that encrypt sensitive user credentials such as website passwords or
network logon credentials.
Designed to the Trusted Computing
Group (TCG) standard
As a standard based technology, TPM embedded security chips are designed to
work with a growing number of third party software solutions while providing a
platform to support future hardware and operating system architectures.
Supports Microsoft CAPI and
PKCS#11 cryptographic software
interfaces??
Enables the TPM embedded security chip to enhance a broad range of existing
applications and solutions that take advantage of these interfaces (for example,
Microsoft Outlook, Netscape Navigator, RSA SecurID and public key
infrastructures solutions from leaders like Microsoft, Verisign and Entrust.)
Enhanced Microsoft EFS and
Personal Secure Drive (PSD) features
encrypt user data
Helps protect sensitive user data stored locally on a PC, where access to the
encryption is protected by the TPM embedded security chip providing a higher
degree of hardware-based protection.
For more information on trusted computing solutions from HP, including more information on the TPM
embedded security chip solution for HP business desktop, notebook and workstation PCs, refer to
www.hp.com/go/security.
BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools
BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools provides access to the BIOS security and configuration
settings from within the HP ProtectTools Security Manager application. This feature provides
authorized users with a convenient way to access system security features that are managed by the
system BIOS.
With BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools, authorized users can get access to power-on user and
administrator password management, and they can configure pre-boot authentication features, such
as Smart Card, power-on password and the TPM embedded security chip.
Figure 3 – BIOS configuration for HP ProtectTools

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With BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools, authorized users can:
•Manage power-on user and administrator passwords
•Configure pre-boot authentication features such as Smart Cards, Power-on Passwords, and
Drivelock
•Enable/Disable hardware features such as CD-ROM boot.
•Configuring boot options including disabling the ability to boot to drives other than the primary
hard drive
Table 2 - BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Works with HP ProtectTools Security
Manager
User interface is fully integrated into the HP ProtectTools Security Manager.
Provides access to BIOS security and
configuration features from within the
operating system
Provides an easier to use alternative to the pre-boot BIOS configuration utility
known as F10 Setup.
Enhanced security feature set that
take advantage of other HP
ProtectTools supported security
technologies such as Smart Cards
and TPM embedded security chips
Provides better protection against unauthorized access to the PC through features
that help protect the system from the moment power is turned on.
TPM embedded security chip pre-boot authentication requires that users securely
authenticate to the chip prior to allowing the system to boot, which helps protect
against attacks that exploit the ability to boot to alternative operating system
environments.
TPM embedded security chip enhanced Drivelock protects a hard drive from
unauthorized access even if removed from a system without requiring the user to
remember any additional passwords beyond the TPM embedded security chip user
pass phrase.
Working with Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools, pre-boot Smart Card
authentication requires users to present their Smart Card prior to allowing the
system to boot.
Enabling access to BIOS security configuration from within the HP ProtectTools Security Manager
creates an integrated security solution and enables authorized users to control every aspect of security
management from a single application with a common user interface. The following table describes
the key BIOS security features2that become accessible from the HP ProtectTools Security Manager
using the BIOS Configuration Module.
Table 3- Key BIOS security features made accessible by the BIOS Configuration Module
Feature Description Benefit
TPM embedded
security chip pre-
boot
authentication
Utilizes the TPM
embedded security chip
for user authentication.
Users need to input the
basic user key pass
phrase
Helps protects against unauthorized access to the PC by preventing
access to the computer by booting from a device other than the primary
hard drive.
Provides security benefits similar to a power-on password; however, by
allowing the user to use their TPM embedded security chip pass phrase,
users are not required to remember an additional password.
TPM embedded
security chip
enhanced
Drivelock
Requires a user to
authenticate to the TPM
embedded security chip
before a Drivelock
protected hard drive can
be accessed. A separate
Drivelock password is not
required.
Drivelock helps protect a hard drive from unauthorized access even if
physically removed from a system.
Allows very strong, random Drivelock passwords to be automatically
set in a way that is completely transparent to users (does not require the
user to remember another password)
Ties a hard drive to a specific system with a specific TPM embedded
security chip, preventing other systems from accessing the hard drive if
it is physically removed from the original system.
2Pre-boot authentication features are available on select platforms. Refer to platform specific specifications for more details.

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Feature Description Benefit
Smart Card pre-
boot
authentication
Requires a user to insert a
Smart Card and,
optionally, enter a PIN to
authenticate prior to an
operating system being
allowed to load
Protects a system from unauthorized access by requiring a user to insert
their Smart Card to boot the system.
The same Smart Card used to authenticate a user in the pre-boot
environment can also be used with HP ProtectTools to login into
Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000.
BIOS Configuration for HP ProtectTools is supported on most HP business notebooks, desktops and
workstations. Enhanced authentication features are supported on select business PCs including the nc
and nw series notebooks as well as the dc7100 desktop PC series.
Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools
Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools enables access to Smart Card configuration and security
features on systems equipped with a Smart Card reader. Smart Card readers can either be
integrated, or can be added using the PC card slot. For authentication, users require a Smart Card
such as the HP ProtectTools Smart Card3which can hold their passwords and PIN, and a supported
reader, such as the HP PC Card Smart Card Reader.
Figure 4 - Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools
Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools provides Smart Card management features such as:
•Initialize and configure an HP ProtectTools Smart Card, which enables a Smart Card to be used for
user authentication
•Interface with the BIOS to enable/disable Smart Card pre-boot authentication
•Configure separate Smart Cards for administrators and users
•Set and change the Smart Card PIN
•Backup and restore credentials stored on the Smart Card
Smart Card support was previously provided as a standalone application called HP ProtectTools
Smart Card Security Manager. All subsequent Smart Card support will be delivered through the Smart
Card Security for HP ProtectTools module and will require the HP ProtectTools Security Manager
application. The new module brings a previously separate security technology into the new integrated
security solution, giving users a single application from which to manage all security features.
3The HP ProtectTools Smart Card part number is DR032A.

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Table 4- Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Initialize and configure Smart Card
security features such as pre-boot
Smart Card authentication.
Provides a complete Smart Card security solution for pre-boot and Windows user
authentication providing enhanced protection against unauthorized of the PC.
Backup and restore credentials stored
on a user’s Smart Card.
Provides a mechanism to recover from a situation where a user or administrator
loses their Smart Card.
Provides the ability to configure an
administrator Smart Card that can be
used on multiple systems to access
BIOS configuration settings.
Allows an administrator to configure a single Smart Card (or multiple cards) that
can be used to securely access BIOS configuration settings without requiring the
use of a BIOS administrator password.
Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools
Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools is the glue that brings the different security technologies
together to create a behavior. Credential Manager gives users the ability to specify how the different
available security technologies work together to provide protection against unauthorized access to the
client.
Figure 4 – Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools
These technologies include Smart Cards, Biometrics, USB Tokens and other future technologies.
Through the Credential Manager, users can create a unique security behavior that requires their
chosen authentication method, including alternatives to passwords when logging on to Microsoft
Windows. Credential Manager also provides a single sign-on capability that automatically
remembers credentials for websites, applications, and protected network resources. Credential
Manager effectively is a personal password vault that makes accessing protected information more
secure and convenient.
Key features of Credential Manager include:
•Fully integrated with HP ProtectTools Security Manager
•Support for Smart Cards, Biometric fingerprint security, USB Tokens, Virtual Tokens and Passwords
•Single sign-on capability protects passwords for websites, applications and network resources

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Table 5- Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Multifactor authentication support Brings together the available (integrated and add on) security technologies on a PC
into a cohesive and unique behavior that utilizes these technologies to authenticate
users based on user preferences.
Windows logon capability Enables the use of any supported security technology to logon onto Windows
providing a more secure and convenient alternative to password authentication.
Single sign-on manages user
credentials for websites, applications
and protected network resources
Users no longer need to remember multiple passwords for protected websites,
applications and network resources.
Single sign-on works with multifactor authentication capabilities to add additional
protection requiring users to re-authenticate when accessing particularly sensitive
data.
Registering new websites, applications or network logon dialogues is fully
automated making it easy for users to begin taking advantage of the added
convenience and security of the single sign-on feature.
Platform Support
HP ProtectTools Security Manager is supported across a range of HP business notebooks, desktops
and workstations. Please check the product specifications for availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What add-on modules are currently available for HP ProtectTools Security Manager?
A. Currently the following four modules are available. More modules will be developed and released
in the future.
•Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools
•BIOS configuration for HP ProtectTools
•Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools
•Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools
Q. What authentication technologies are supported by HP ProtectTools
A. HP ProtectTools security manager is a security platform that has been designed to easily grow with
the user's needs. It supports the following authentication technologies currently, but can easily support
additional technologies as they become available.
•Smart Card authentication
•Biometric (Fingerprint) authentication
•USB Token
•Virtual Token
•Password authentication
Q. How does the Smart Card security solution compare to the Biometric solution. Why did HP select
Smart Card security over biometric security?
A. Biometric security has long term potential; however, biometric security is not yet fully suited for
enterprise deployment because of a lack of enterprise grade features such as support for PKI
encryption. Biometric security technology is also considerably higher cost compared to Smart Card
technology and because of that, while biometrics attracts a lot of attention, enterprise customers are
not ready for actual deployment.

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Q. Which HP platforms support HP ProtectTools and the different add-on modules?
A. Please refer to the "Platform Support" section of this white paper.
Q. Can Smart Cards be used for pre-boot authentication?
A. Yes, Smart Cards can be used for pre-boot authentication. Please refer to the user documentation
that came with your computer for steps to configure the system for Smart Card pre-boot
authentication.
Q. Do HP clients support large scale deployment of the TPM embedded security chip?
A. Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools includes a number of configuration settings that can be
managed through a Windows security policy template. Refer to the technical White Paper on
embedded security published online (ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/security/embedded_security_-
_implementation.pdf). Additional information can also be found in the Embedded Security for HP
ProtectTools online help files.
There are also third party software solutions that can help with managing TPM embedded security
chips on a large scale. Wave Systems has a solution that enables security chip key management and
roaming. Infineon Technologies is another important HP partner in security. We have collaborated
extensively on our Embedded Security and Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools modules. As part
of Infineon’s broader portfolio of security capabilities they are in the final stages of developing a
back-end security management solution that works with HP ProtectTools. It addresses TPM embedded
security chip key management and provides highly manageable enterprise single sign-on capability
when used with Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools.
HP business PCs and business notebooks will also support large scale deployment of TPM embedded
security chips by allowing certain one time configuration processes to be scripted. This script support
is available today on business desktops today. Business notebooks that feature a TPM embedded
security chip require a BIOS update that is expected to be made available by the end of 4Q04. HP
has documented this support through a white paper and sample script that can be made available to
customers upon request (refer to Softpaq 27958).
Q.What are HP’s internal security policies?
A. HP IT is in the process of rolling out a new USB Security Token to be used for strong multifactor
authentication when accessing the corporate network over VPN. Credential Manager for HP
ProtectTools has been designed to support this token enabling it to be used not only for VPN access,
but when logging into Windows with Credential Manager or as additional protection for the
Credential Manager single sign-on service.
Q. What is the Credential Manager module for HP ProtectTools?
A. Please refer to the "Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools" section of the white paper.
Q. How does Credential Manager differ from other Single Sign On solutions?
A. Most technologies and features provided by HP ProtectTools security manager are individually
available. The value of HP ProtectTools is that it brings these technologies together into a single easy
to use security solution. As an HP ProtectTools add-on, the features provided by Credential Manager
are integrated into HP ProtectTools and work with the user authentication features of HP ProtectTools.