For regulatory compliance purposes, your IT department must
know where your IT assets are, who is using them, and what is on them. As many organizations
can attest, the loss of just a single notebook computer can poses a serious
security risk. To reduce exposure and ensure compliance with data privacy
regulations, IT professionals must be able to protect data on every asset –
including notebook computer –
and accurately track the movement of all computers, provide
auditing capabilities and maintain historical records.
For many organizations, the cost to replace lost notebook PC
is enough of a hardship. But this is a small price to pay compared to the
battered public image that can result from the legal requirement to alert
employees, customers, clients, patients, and the media about a possible
information breach. There are also a whole host of soft costs associated with
the loss of a computer including procurement, re-provisioning and labor.
According to Wired Magazine the cost to a company can total $182 per
missing record when factoring in the loss of existing or potential customers,
lost productivity, notification fees, legal defense, legal audit, call center
expenses and public & investor relations. With all of these costs even the loss
of a few thousand records can quickly add up.
The longer a missing computer floats outside
of the organization’s control, the more likely it is that the
information inside will be breached. By recovering a lost
notebook computer, an
organization contains the problem and minimizes future exposure.
Some corporate notebook Computer changed hand, lost, or stolen
without any attention. With typical asset tracking systems, an
average of 10-15% of computers, including remote and mobile
machines, "drift" from view – into other departments,
contractors' offices, or unauthorized locations. Many of these
notebook will eventually disappear permanently.
Imagine your IT staff can track your corporate notebook PC wherever it happen to
be, anytime the notebook is connected to the Internet. You can do this with
ComputraceComplete, a tracking and theft recovery solution that has been
around since the early 90s.
Over the last two decades, Computrace Complete has constantly improved
and added new features. It is no longer just a
proven software solution that deters theft, minimizes computer
drift and recovers stolen computers. It also include data
protection, and asset tracking.
If an IT department has the ability to remotely delete
sensitive data on missing computers and produce an audit log of
the deleted files, the organization is able to demonstrate
proactive and thorough laptop security practices. A remote data
delete option for missing computers can help an organization
avoid damaging publicity, litigation or other costs, from
regulatory fines to expensive customer communications, such as
mass mailings to explain a data breach, or credit monitoring for
those affected.
With ComputraceComplete, your IT professionals can track fixed, remote and
mobile computer assets and remotely delete sensitive data on target computers
that have fallen outside their jurisdiction. ComputraceComplete can remove data
at the file, directory and/or operating system level, helping your organization
meet strict regulatory compliance requirements and ensuring computers are left
clean and free of sensitive data.
ComputraceComplete can also be used to permanently erase hard drive before
donate or return PC at the end of a lease.
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ComputraceComplete is a
comprehensive solution that combines Recovery
of lost PC, Data Protection,
Secure Asset Tracking and the peace of mind
offered by a Recovery Guarantee. ComputraceComplete allows IT administrators to
centrally manage their assets by monitoring
computer movement, call history,
asset leasing information, software
license compliance. and Data Delete service.
It also offers up to a
$1000 Recovery Guarantee if a stolen
computer cannot be located within 30-60 days.
Track and
recovery lost notebook PC centrally.
Once an invisible ComputraceComplete agent is
installed on a notebook PC, it lets your IT
staff efficiently monitor who is using the computers, what
hardware and software changes they make, and
where your laptops are located. If your computer
is stolen, the Absolute
Recovery Team (based in Vancouver, BC) will
partner with law enforcement to track and
recover your lost notebook PC. The recovery rate
is so high that the company offers up to $1000
money back through Absolute Recovery Guarantee
if your notebook is not recovered within 60
days.
Because ComputraceComplte agent is invisible
and there is no way to delete or uninstall it
(even after reformat the hard drive), notebook
PC users don't know anything that they are being
monitoring. While security cable locks and
encryption are a good start, they are not
effective in cases of internal theft. Physical
deterrents and even Military-grade encryption
are powerless to prevent employees armed with
the keys to unlock them. Absolute Software’s
solutions are proven effective in reducing
theft, especially when publicized across an
organization.
Absolute’s proven approach to
the recovery process protects you from the
hazards involved in retrieving stolen computers.
The Absolute Recovery Team has worked hard to
develop relationships with over 700 law
enforcement organizations across the U.S. and
Canada. Their recovery team is staffed by former
police officers and professionals who are
experienced in tracking down stolen computers
and helping other law enforcement agencies with
the process of getting subpoenas and warrants
issued to recover them.
Take your IT Asset management
one step further, beyond your LAN.
More than
just a tracking and recovery services, you can
use ComputtraceComplete to track IT asset.
Your IT staff can use
Loss Control Reports to monitor the location and
status of your computers and investigate change.
For example, search for computers that have had
a change in user name, device name or e-mail
address, identify computers that have not
contacted the Monitoring Center within a
designated timeframe, or obtain a complete
tracking history on one or a group of computers.
Now you can control computer loss caused by
devices changing hands or drifting from
department to department, to contractors, to
home offices, or to unauthorized third parties.
Sometimes it’s hard to know if your company computers
have been stolen, or are just unaccounted for – ComputraceComplete helps you keep track of all
your assets.
IT
assets that cannot be effectively inventoried
and monitored at all times can undermine even
the best security strategies, exposing an entire
organization to security breaches. IT
professionals today must be able to accurately
track their computers, know who is using them
and what is installed on them, and be able to
prove that actions taken to secure computers
remain deployed and intact until a missing
machine can be located.
Centrally manage your entire
computer population beyond
company
network is now easy, including
remote and mobile assets. ComputraceComplete provides IT
Managers with access to up to
date, detailed reports for every
computer with an Internet
connection.
See how it works.
Sample report.
- Track machines as they
change hands or move around
within your organization
- Know when your leased
computers are due back and
where they are currently
located
- Track your hardware and
software inventory and
ensure software license
compliance
- Create predefined alerts
to enforce policies and
track unauthorized use
(i.e., such as file sharing)
- Use reports to plan for
company-wide upgrades,
migrations and machine
retirement
Delete sensitive data on
lost notebook PC as your last
defense.
Protecting your data is no longer an option,
it is a requirement.
No matter how well you protect your
organization's IT asset, notebook can still get
stolen or lost. When a notebook PC is stolen by
internal theft, data encryption will not prevent
sensitive data leaking to the public at all.
Your last defense maybe to delete selective
files/folder or the whole hard drive on lost PC.
You can use ComputraceComplete to remotely
delete sensitive data on target computers
that have fallen outside your jurisdiction.
See how Computrace Data Protection works.
ComputraceComplete Data Protection uses a Data
Delete algorithm that meets the United States
Department of Defense standard for data removal.
Once removed, data cannot be recovered by any
means. Once data delete is completes, a log file
can be viewed in the Customer Center website,
confirming that all sensitive data has been
deleted – helping companies comply with data
protection regulations.
ComputraceComplete can also be used for
lifecycle management to ensure that computers
are left clean and free of sensitive data at the
end of life or lease. Effective lifecycle
management requires that computing assets are
digitally scrubbed prior to retirement.
ComputraceComplete ensures that retired machines
do not pose any unnecessary risk.
Computrace is embedded in the BIOS on some
notebooks. This means replacing the hard drive
on the stolen PC does not hide it from being
track and locate. This feature offers stronger
security.
For one low annually subscription, you can
benefit from all the features of ComputraceComplete.
I think this is small price to pay.
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