Dell Trusted Device Installation and Administrator Guide v7.1

Dell Trusted Device Overview

The Dell Trusted Device is part of the Dell SafeBIOS product portfolio. The Dell Trusted Device includes the following:

• BIOS Events & Indicators of Attack
• Image Capture
• Intel ME Verification
• Secured Component Verification (On Cloud)
• Security Risk Protection Score
• Dell Event Repository and SIEM integration
  NOTE:DTD v6.4 is the last version to support Dell Event Repository. This feature is not available in the DTD later releases.

BIOS Events & Indicators of Attack enables administrators to analyze events in the Windows Event Viewer that may indicate bad actors targeting BIOS on enterprise endpoints. Bad actors change BIOS attributes to gain access to enterprise computers locally or remotely. These attack vectors can be monitored then mitigated through the BIOS Events & Indicators of Attack features' ability to monitor BIOS attributes.

The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) is an independent micro controller that is built into Intel processor chipsets manufactured starting in 2008. Intel ME provides an interface between the operating system, hardware, and BIOS. Additionally, Intel ME is granted extensive system-level privilege and runs in every power state. The Dell Trusted Device scans and verifies that Intel ME firmware is present and untampered.

Secured Component Verification (On Cloud) is a supply-chain assurance offering that enables you to verify the integrity of the components inside your Dell computer.

Security Risk Protection Score enables administrators to determine the security risk level of computers in their enterprise. Dell Trusted Device scans for security solutions and assigns a score per overall risk assessment.

Dell Trusted Device includes the Dell Event Repository and can be integrated with SIEM solutions with support for following features:

• BIOS Verification
• BIOS Events & Indicators of Attack
• Image Capture
• Security Risk Protection Score

See Interoperability for additional ways to use Dell Trusted Device with external solutions.