Keeping data secure in a mobile environment is not just a daunting challenge, but a critical requirement. Loss and theft of computers leaves sensitive data vulnerable, creating serious financial and legal risks. In this whitepaper, discover how the combination of web-based management and Intel's hardware-based Anti-Theft technology gives you an unprecedented level of data defense. Find out how you can manage mobile computers, remotely delete data, recover missing computers and even render them unusable - online, offline and anywhere in the world.
White Paper
PC-Disable Delivers Intelligent
Client-Side Protection for Lost
or Stolen Notebooks
1Absolute Software* and Intel deliver a new level of theft deterrence and data defense through integrated hard-ware and software technologies for notebook PCs. Computrace,* a leading IT ®asset-management and security solution from Absolute Software, is taking advantage of Intel ® 2Anti-Theft Technology - PC Protection (Intel AT-p), which is designed into system hardware. Through Computrace, an authorized information technology (IT) administrator can remotely delete data on a notebook, or the notebook can now intelligently lock itself down and prevent an OS from booting. If the notebook is reported lost or stolen, the IT administrator simply flags it in the Computrace Web portal and sets up a "poison pill" so the next time the notebook "phones home," it will be disabled. In both cases, whether the notebook locks itself down or receives a poison pill, and even if the hard drive is reformatted or replaced, anti-theft security options remain in place. Getting the system operational again is easy - authorized users can quickly restore the system with a one-time reactivation token provided by the IT department. IT now has a more reliable, robust approach to protecting assets and minimizing financial and/or legal risk from lost or stolen notebooks.Table of Contents Executive SummaryIntelligent client-side defense Keeping data secure in a mobile environment is not just a for lost or stolen notebooks...................................................3 daunting challenge, but a critical requirement. Loss and theft Traditional challenges in defending data on notebooks..............3 of notebooks computers leaves sensitive data vulnerable, while Sensitive data is still highly vulnerable..................................3 financial and legal exposure causes additional problems and Users and thieves circumvent disruptions to business. In addition, companies must comply software-based security measures.......................................3 with increasingly stringent regulations in data security Costs are high and regulations increasingly strict..................3 and privacy.Keep sensitive data out of the wrong hands..............................3 Complementing other security measures..............................3 Computrace,* a leading IT asset-management and security ® 1 Tamper-resistant technology................................................4 solution from Absolute Software, now takes advantage of ® ® 2Faster lock-down and rapid recovery........................................4 Intel Anti-Theft Technology - PC Protection (Intel AT-p).
Timer expiry allows for intelligent local response......................4 Intel AT-p enhances existing Absolute solutions by adding
Timer expiry works regardless of state of client-side intelligence, designed into notebook hardware, network, OS, BIOS, or hard drive..........................................5 to detect potential theft and respond. Computrace has tradi- Use case: Undetected theft, but missed tionally allowed IT administrators to remotely delete data on check-in locks down notebook.............................................5 the system. Enabled by Intel AT-p, Computrace now also Use case: End of life disable................................................5 allows IT administrators to remotely (via client notification) or PC-disable is rapid and allows full reactivation.........................5 automatically (via client-side intelligence) lock down a system PC disable works regardless of state of OS, quickly in case of loss, theft, or suspicious circumstances. BIOS, or hard drive..............................................................6 Reactivation after PC Disable is easy - a key advantage of Use case: Stolen notebook...................................................6 the Computrace solution is that the lock down is not a data- Use case: Lock down notebook before destruct process. The user or IT administrator can easily police report is completed...................................................6 restore a notebook to typical working condition by entering Data-erase or "bricking" - either way, the notebook is secured............................................................6 a one-time reactivation token (provided by IT).
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