Many of us have a dozen or more IDs and passwords we use every week. It’s hard to keep them straight, even if we choose easy passwords so we don’t forget. But easy passwords are easy to crack. And if users are forced to pick hard passwords, they either write them down (weakening security) or forget them more often.
As many as 40 percent of Help Desk calls are requests to reset forgotten passwords, so reset costs add up quickly.* Organizations like yours are looking for easier, less costly ways to log on to PCs and networks. Fingerprint readers are the solution.
Lenovo fingerprint sensors reduce the cost of security administration, increase user satisfaction with security, and raise the security bar. They’re tightly integrated with Lenovo hardware to work simply and reliably. It’s no surprise that Lenovo ships more fingerprint readers than all other notebook brands combined.
Lenovo’s Integrated Fingerprint Reader is available on select ThinkPad notebooks. For ThinkCentre desktop and ThinkPad users without an integrated fingerprint reader, Lenovo also offers the Preferred Pro USB Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader. With a simple finger swipe, you can access your system and the sensitive data stored there. Fingerprint sensors in PCs mean fewer password-reset calls. Users typically call for a reset four times a year. But users who slide their fingers to authenticate don’t call at all — at $25 per call, an annual savings of $100 per user.**
Finally, Lenovo’s Client Security Password Manager replaces many Web passwords with one easy-to-remember password, reducing password-reset calls. When used with a fingerprint reader, Password Manager saves even more time. It accepts a fingerprint and turns it into the user ID and password required by supported applications, Web sites — even an organization’s Intranet. The result is tighter security both inside and outside your organization.
One large manufacturer’s IT department generates machine-calculated Windows passwords that are 20 characters long and designed never to change. New employees get their passwords on the first day, along with instructions for tying their fingerprints to the passwords.
They never need their passwords again — their fingers do the work. And a 20-character password is impossible to crack with any standard hacker tool.
It generally costs an organization around $25 to respond to each password-reset call. As much as 40 percent of helpdesk calls are requests to reset forgotten passwords, so the numbers add up quickly.*
