Intel Corporation

Absolute and Intel® deliver a new level of theft deterrence and data defense through integrated hardware and software technologies for PCs. Absolute is taking advantage of Intel® Anti-Theft Technology -- PC Protection 2 (Intel® AT), which is designed into system hardware. With Computrace in the Intel chip, you get an additional degree of tamper resistance.

 IT now has a reliable, robust approach to protecting assets and data and minimizing financial and/or legal risk from lost or stolen notebooks. 

Tamper-resistance via hardware-based capabilities

  • Security even when hard disk is encrypted, PC is off, or operating system is down
  • Intelligence built into the PC to detect potential theft and response that is timer-controlled 
Lenovo machines with Intel Anti-Theft enabled offer Computrace customers an enhanced level of protection by adding the ability for IT Administrators to lock access to a machine to protect the data on it. Once security is re-established the device is easily unlocked-data intact.

For more information on Computrace with Intel Anti-Theft technology visit:
http://www.intel.com/technology/anti-theft/laptops/index.htm

How Computrace with Intel Anti-Theft Technology Works
Remotely disable computers
If the notebook is reported missing, an authorized IT administrator can send a "poison pill" to the computer to:

  • Delete data
  • Rapidly disable the notebook 
  • Keep it from rebooting
Disable automatically
With Computrace and Intel AT, a computer can now intelligently lock itself down and prevent an OS from booting. IT administrators can have a computer deactivate automatically if it doesn’t call into the Absolute Monitoring Center within a set time – before it goes missing.

  • Rapidly disable the notebook 
  • Keep it from rebooting
Reactivation
Getting the system operational again is easy - authorized users can quickly restore the system with a one-time reactivation password provided by IT.

 

Recent Press Releases

Absolute Software Announces Collaboration and Support for Intel® Anti-Theft Technology for Next Generation Notebooks
Posted in Press Releases on Dec 2, 2008

Absolute Software, Intel and Lenovo Bring Enhanced Computer Anti-Theft Protection to Businesses
Posted in Press Releases on Apr 2, 2008