Single-point laptop security solutions such as encryption alone, or physical deterrents such as locks & cables, cannot adequately protect an organization against computer theft.
To prevent laptop theft and reduce the impact of the inevitable missing computer, a multi-faceted or layered approach to mobile security and data protection is necessary. At Absolute Software, we call it CPR for Laptops: Compliance, Protection and Recovery. 

Compliance, Protection, Recovery.

The CPR approach to mobile computer security entails:

• Compliance – Complying with all applicable mobile data protection regulations, with an easily accessible audit trail
• Protection – Protecting data on mobile computers including encryption, strong authentication and the ability to remotely delete sensitive data on stolen computers
• Recovery – Recovering lost or stolen notebook computers ensures that they are returned to the control of the organization and prosecution facilitated.

By adopting the CPR approach to laptop security, organizations can minimize the impact of computer theft, while complying with data privacy regulations. Computrace^® notebook security and tracking software helps ensure regulatory compliance by protecting data, tracking hardware and users, providing auditing capabilities and acting as a historical record of your computer assets. An optional Data Delete function can also be used to remotely wipe stolen computers using a U.S. Department of Defense-approved algorithm.

Laptop Security Best Practices

Security audits and evaluations of IT systems are on the rise. Assets that cannot be effectively inventoried and monitored at all times – not just once a year – 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.

Computrace is your key to CPR for Laptops.

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