Easily manage your security settings and boost your business's defense from outside threats. Security Innovations from HP help ensure that your files are fully deleted and let you keep your information truly private.

An integrated suite of security control modules that help protect every aspect of your notebook's security from your data, to your connections to the notebook itself.
See Security Manager for HP ProtectTools in action and keep reading to learn more about this security suite.

Permanently destroys data on your hard drive using a published U.S. Department of Defense Algorithm (Based on DOD 5220.22-M Supplement). This means, even with advanced data recovery tools, access is denied.

* Available on select HP ProBook and EliteBook models for the use cases outlined in the DOD 5220.22-M Supplement.

Uses the same technology as the Disk Sanitizer to permanently delete individual folders or files on command or automatically.
» See the HP File Sanitizer in action
Both Disk and File Sanitizer features are built-in and eliminate the need for third-party software to erase hard drives before recycling, reassigning, returning or otherwise disposing of your notebook.

* Available on select HP ProBook and EliteBook models for the use cases outlined in the DOD 5220.22-M Supplement.

Helps you keep your sensitive information out of the wrong hands if your laptop is lost or stolen. Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools encodes your information so that it becomes unreadable to any unauthorized person, helping you comply with privacy and data protection regulations.
» See how Drive Encryption keeps your data safer! (375KB, PDF)

* Available on select HP ProBook and EliteBook models.

Let you protect your data before turning on your notebook. Configure settings from within the HP ProtectTools Security Manager application to take advantage of pre-boot authentication features like smartcard, power-on password and the TPM embedded security chip
» Learn more about how HP security features keep your data safer (375 KB, PDF)

* Available on select HP ProBooks, EliteBooks and Minis.

Helps you manage your notebook's security settings, even with multiple users per system. Improve pre-OS usability of your notebook with any combination of biometrics (fingerprints), smartcards or passwords for up to five users.

* Available on select HP ProBook and EliteBook models.

Another way that HP helps you protect your sensitive information. Computrace software lets you track and recover stolen laptops, delete data remotely, detect unauthorized software or missing hardware and keep up with security regulations.

* Available on select HP ProBook and EliteBook models.

Narrows the viewing angle of your notebook display so that people on either side see a dark, blank screen. Unlike other privacy filters available, this one is customized from HP, which means it fits like a glove and removes easily.

* Available on select HP ProBook, EliteBook and Mini Notebook models.