Absolute Software White Paper Sample

Keeping data secure in a mobile environment is not just a daunting challenge, but a critical requirement. Loss and theft of notebooks computers leaves sensitive data vulnerable, while financial and legal exposure causes additional problems and disruptions to business. In addition, companies must comply with increasingly stringent regulations in data security and privacy.

Computrace, a leading IT asset-management and security solution from Absolute Software, now takes advantage of Intel Anti-Theft Technology – PC Protection (Intel AT-p). Intel AT-p enhances existing Absolute solutions by adding client-side intelligence, designed into notebook hardware, to detect potential theft and respond. Computrace has traditionally allowed IT administrators to remotely delete data on the system. Enabled by Intel AT-p, Computrace now also allows IT administrators to remotely (via client notification) or automatically (via client-side intelligence) lock down a system quickly in case of loss, theft, or suspicious circumstances. Reactivation after PC Disable is easy – a key advantage of the Computrace solution is that the lock down is not a datadestruct process. The user or IT administrator can easily restore a notebook to typical working condition by entering a one-time reactivation token (provided by IT).