Rhode Island Blood Center Protects Donor Information and Locates Laptops Using Absolute Secure Endpoint

The Rhode Island Blood Center had no asset tracking on their laptops and began to worry about what would happen if a laptop, and the confidential donor information it contained, went missing or was stolen.

IT Systems Manager David Reynolds recalled some of the challenges the Center faced. “We have blood drives state-wide, and laptops go out on each of them,” Reynolds said. “In 2005, we didn’t have any asset tracking or information protection. We wanted the ability to remotely track the whereabouts of these laptops and secure the confidential data they contained.”

Protect Devices and Data With Remote Freeze and Delete Capabilities

Rhode Island Blood Center has Absolute Secure Endpoint installed on 72 laptops, and plans to install on 30 Lenovo tablets.

“Since installing Absolute Secure Endpoint, we’ve executed six device freezes and data deletes,” Reynolds said. “Of those, two laptops were destroyed in a large flood. Four, however, were stolen from our Center locations and we executed a data delete right away so none of our confidential data was compromised.”

Retain Command of All Endpoints, All the Time

“I endorse Absolute Secure Endpoint as a means to track mobile devices,” Reynolds said. “The functionality keeps getting better in each version, which makes recommending the solution even easier. In the Absolute Console, we can see which laptop has which software installed, if anyone has been fooling around with the hard drive or memory, and if people were logging in with usernames that shouldn’t have been.”

Robust Reporting Helps Track Misplaced Devices

“We really like the Device Location History Report,” Reynolds continued. “When a laptop has been inadvertently left in a room or a car, this report helps our users quickly find it. When someone is on a road trip, the last thing we want to do is remotely wipe a machine that’s maybe just been left in a meeting room.”