Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1GQG6L2M Installation Manual page 2

TPM's Outline
The conventional security measures such as file encryption and public key encryption save the encryption keys in the com-
puter's hard disk drive. Therefore the keys and passwords as well as the encrypted data are exposed to the risk of unauthor-
ized copying and hacking.
The TPM method saves the encryption keys in the TPM chip that is separated from the hard disk drive and CPU. To access
the encryption keys, you need to input the password registered in the Security Platform (
security setting to each user account in the Security Platform.
Conventional encryption
The encryption key is saved as a file in the hard disk
drive.
Document
encryption
Document
Key
encryption
The key remains unencrypted.
Hacking
TPM encryption
The encryption key is saved in the TPM chip.
Document
Key
encryption
encryption
Document
Password input is necessary
to access the key.
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page 8). You can apply a different
TPM
securely
saved.
Hacking