Security breaches can be inconvenient and publicly embarrassing for any organisation, but in the public sector they can be even more serious. A missing computer can result in compliance and data protection issues ranging from the misuse of confidential information to potential threats to national security. With Absolute Software, government organisations can track computing assets on a daily basis, recover missing computers and ensure data protection regulatory compliance by remotely deleting data on lost or stolen machines.

Computer Security & Tracking Challenges for Government

With the vast amount of sensitive data now being stored on laptop computers, government agencies risk costly legal and public relations nightmares when even one notebook goes missing. IT professionals in the public sector must accurately track computers and be able to prove that every action has been taken to secure personal information and sensitive data until a lost or stolen computer can be located.
Gartner Group estimates that 70% of corporate computer crime occurs as a result of “inside jobs”. Because employees committing such crimes usually have in their possession the necessary passwords and encryption keys, encryption may only be effective in 30% of all incidents.

CPR – Compliance, Protection & Recovery through ComputraceOne

Absolute Software helps government agencies ensure regulatory compliance by protecting data, tracking hardware and users, and providing auditing capabilities and historical records of computer assets. An optional Data Delete function can also be used to protect confidential data by performing a data wipe on stolen computers using a NATO approved algorithm. ComputraceOne also helps government agencies track and recover missing computers with a secure embedded support in the BIOS.