Dell Trusted Device Installation and Administrator Guide v5.5

BIOS Verification

BIOS Verification provides customers with affirmation that devices are secured below the operating system, a place where IT administrator visibility is lacking. It enables customers to verify BIOS integrity using an off-host process without interrupting the boot process. After the Trusted Device agent runs on the endpoint, a pass or fail result (0 or 1) displays in some of these locations:

• Web browser
• Command-Line
• Registry entry
• Event Viewer
• Logs

BIOS Verification compares the existing BIOS version to all available versions. If an outdated version is present, BIOS Verification writes the following to Windows Event Viewer:

• The number of outdated BIOS versions
• The current BIOS version
• The recommended BIOS version

BIOS Verification runs every 24 hours by default. For Command Line parameters, see Run the BIOS Verification Agent. For additional information including types of events and event location, see Results, Troubleshooting, and Remediation.