HP 4320t User Manual

HP DIGITALPASS

TAKE ONLINE SECURITY TO A HIGHER LEVEL.

TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT

HP PROFESSIONAL INNOVATIONS FOR BUSINESS NOTEBOOKS

IT’S A RISKY WORLD OUT THERE.

With the growth of online transactions and online fraud, identity protection has become more
important than ever. One of the methods used by Internet thieves is to obtain your user account name
and password and then log in under your identity.

When your passwords are compromised, thieves might gain access to your bank and credit card
accounts, as well as your accounts with online merchants, social networking sites, gaming sites and
even your corporate network.

These risks are likely to grow in the years ahead as thieves develop more sophisticated tools and
techniques for determining passwords, stealing user identity and hacking into protected sites. This
always-at-risk reality of the Internet era creates the need for additional levels of security that go
beyond user names and passwords.

What’s needed is multifactor authentication that takes identify verification to a higher level. This
advanced approach to security couples something you know, such as your user name and password,
with something you have, such as a unique digital token generated by your computer.

HP DigitalPass technology is designed to enable this higher level of security—at no cost to the user.

ADD SECURITY WITH HP DIGITALPASS.

Here’s how it works.

HP DigitalPass is incorporated into HP ProtectTools, a family of security
products, services and features available on HP Business Notebooks,
Desktops and Workstations. HP DigitalPass can be enabled through
the Credential Manager in the HP ProtectTools

Once HP DigitalPass is enabled, it leverages

™

Symantec

Validation and ID Protection (VIP)
Service. The activation process is simple. When
you arrive on a website supporting HP DigitalPass
and VIP protection (example eBay or PayPal), you
are asked if you would like to add an additional
level of security when visiting the site. If you agree
and elect to use HP DigitalPass and VIP, all that
is required is that you type in a user name and
password. Behind the scenes, your HP PC combines
a second credential that is unique to your PC with
the user name and password. Even if hackers stole
your user name and password, they could not log in
to websites from a remote computer from that point
forward. You are protected.

After you’ve registered your PC with a website, HP

DigitalPass handles the work behind the scenes

each time you return to the site. Simply log in as

always and a new PC credential is combined

with your login data and verified at the site—

unique and secure every time you visit the

website. There is no charge for this security

provided by HP.

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