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Chapter 05: Securing Your Sahara Slate PC 85
Your Sahara Slate PC is equipped with a security enabled BIOS,
a Trust Platform Module (TPM) that is TCG v1.2 compliant, and a
biometric fingerprint reader that can help you better secure your
system and your data from intruders.
Used in conjunction with the security features of Windows 7
and specialized security management software, a TPM provides
facilities for generating cryptographic keys—as well as the ability
to limit the use of such keys for authentication or encryption/de-
cryption—and also random numbers. The TPM can also be used
to authenticate a specific hardware device for use in platform
authentication. For example, the TPM can be used to verify the
authenticity of a specific hardware system for secured access.
The biometric fingerprint reader can be used on its own as a
method for entering passwords without the need for a keyboard,
or in tandem with the TPM to create a secure and convenient
way to protect system access rights and data availability.
This chapter will help get you started securing your system by
showing you how to enable the TPM, and get it set to be used in
tandem with either Windows 7 data encryption facilities or your
security management system of choice, register your finger-
prints with the BioExcess application and begin using it to store
and retrieve saved passwords.
Chapter 05
Securing Your Sahara Slate PC