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Lenovo and Utimaco Join Forces

[Security]² - The joint Lenovo & Utimaco security solution.

As reported in our news section. The global partnership of Lenovo and Utimaco ensures a unique solution for access protection and fail-safe security for all Lenovo ThinkCentres™ and Lenovo ThinkPads®. Together the partners provide a unique security solution world-wide that can be used to encrypt hard disks, to restore lost data by means of encrypted backup and to protect particularly sensitive information using a special hardware security chip.

The security key components to strengthen the Lenovo ThinkVantage architecture are:

• Automated full disk encryption with SafeGuard® Easy from Utimaco.
• Automated full disk back-up and system restoration software with Lenovo Rescue and Recovery™.
• Lenovo’s Embedded Security Subsystem consists of an integrated security chip and downloadable IBM Client Security Software.

This combined solution allows you to combine access protection for confidential data and fail-safe security in a convenient and uncomplicated way. SafeGuard Easy works like an electronic fortress by creating a secure environment for users of desktop PCs or notebooks. No unauthorized user may access the device and read data or use the device as a tool to enter the company network.

If a device gets into unauthorized hands the data is securely protected even if the hard disk is removed. Complete encryption of the entire hard disk and a user authentication procedure that runs before the operating system boots provides secure protection.

The hard disk encryption solution allows rapid implementation of organization-wide data protection and, due to its durability and low ongoing costs during its life, is a very cost-effective solution. Utimaco guarantees comprehensive and permanent protection of data through using modern encryption algorithms considered secure by experts.

The joint solution of full hard drive encryption from Utimaco, with data recovery capability (IBM Lenovo Rescue and Recovery™), and IBM Lenovo Embedded Security Subsystem is a unique client security solution world-wide.

SafeGuard Easy is the most widely used application for hard disk encryption and access protection in the world and certified according the international Common Criteria EAL3 standard for Information Technology Security.