Q: How can I protect my platform from an unauthorized password reset?Ī: There are several mitigations and best practices customers should follow to help protect their platforms. Any platform that displays the following identifiers on the BIOS Preboot password prompts (Dell Security Manager) See Dell’s Security Advisory for more details: Ī: This affects most Dell Client Commercial systems and select Consumer systems. Customers can also choose to enable the Master Password Lockout feature from BIOS Setup (available on platforms from 2011) to protect Admin, System, and HDD passwords are protected from being reset. We recommend customers follow security best practices and prevent unauthorized physical access to devices. Dell provides several mitigations and limitations to the use of unauthorized reset passwords on commercial platforms.
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