Security Menu - Lenovo ThinkPad T430u User Manual

Security menu

If you need to set the security features of your computer, select Security from the ThinkPad Setup program
main menu.
Notes:
• The default settings are already optimized for you. If you consider changing the computer configuration,
proceed with extreme caution. Setting the configuration incorrectly might cause unexpected results.
• On each submenu, you can enable a function by selecting Enabled, or disable it by selecting Disabled.
The following submenu is displayed:
• Password: Set a password.
• Security Chip: Specify the settings for the security chip.
• UEFI BIOS Update Option: Specify the settings for Flash UEFI BIOS update.
• Memory Protection: Specify the settings for the Data Execution Prevention feature.
• Virtualization: Enable or disable the settings for Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel Virtualization
Technology for Directed I/O (for models with an Intel microprocessor).
• I/O Port Access: Enable or disable the access to individual I/O ports.
• Anti-Theft: Enable or disable the UEFI BIOS interface to activate anti-theft services, such as Computrace.
The following table shows the contents of the Security menu.
Notes:
• Some items are displayed on the menu only if the computer supports the corresponding features.
• Default values are in boldface.
Table 5. Security menu items
Menu item
Password
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Submenu item
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS Settings
Set Minimum Length
Selection
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Password length options
Comments
Refer to "Supervisor
password" on page 46.
Enables or disables the
function that protects
items in the ThinkPad
Setup program from
being changed by a user
who does not have the
supervisor password.
By default, this is set to
Disabled. If you set the
supervisor password and
enable this function, no
one but you can change
any items in the ThinkPad
Setup program.
Specify a minimum length
for the power-on password
and hard disk password.
By default, this is set to
Disabled. If you set the
supervisor password and
specify a minimum length