Privacy Manager for HP ProtectTools 7.0

Privacy Manager for HP ProtectTools is a security module developed by Hewlett-Packard for HP business PCs. It helps protect sensitive communications and digital identities by adding easy-to-use, certificate-based encryption and digital signing to supported email and instant messaging applications. The software integrates with HP ProtectTools Security Manager and can use the system’s Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to generate and store cryptographic keys in hardware, strengthening protection against key theft.

Key capabilities include:

• Encryption and digital signatures for supported email and IM clients
• Contact verification and trusted contact management
• One-click workflows for encrypting and signing messages
• Integration with other HP ProtectTools components and policy-based administration for IT

Designed for organizations that handle confidential information, Privacy Manager streamlines secure communication and helps support privacy and compliance needs. It was offered for select HP business notebooks and desktops running supported versions of Windows and is considered a legacy product that may not be supported on current platforms.

Privacy Manager for HP ProtectTools is developed by Hewlett-Packard and is used by 368 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 1.0, 6.0 and 7.0. The names of program executable files are HPBC.exe, HPHC.exe, hpqdirec.exe, HPSF.exe and HPSI.exe.