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Laptop Security
What would he do with the data?
Laptop hard disk encryption and strong authentication for both lap-top and PDA, protect the real asset, the data
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While lap-tops are an essential business tool that no one can do without they do present several challenging security issues for the average IT department.
Two things are of particular importance, data integrity and theft.
- What would happen if your CEO's lap-top was stolen and somone else got at the data relating to that take-over?
- What is the value of the data on the Sales Manager's lap-top?
- What would happen if that data was lost through hard disk failure?
- Are you sure when he or she last backed that system up fully?
- Does having the lap-top give any user access to your corporate network, using the installed remote access software?
- A very high percentage of lap-tops are stolen or lost every year. While the hardware can easily be replaced the real cost of such a loss is in the data on the hard disk.
It's therefore extremely important that in the case
when a lap-top falls into unathorised hands the access to
the data is prevented. Equally preventing unathorised
use of the lap-top to gain access to the corporate
network using any installed VPN or other remote
access software is of paramount importance.
For enterprise class Lap Top protection and management SafeGuard™ Easy from Utimaco will integrate with NT or Windows 2000 Active Directory to provide a comprehensive solution that extends to PocketPC PDAs like the Compaq iPAQ and the XDA smart phone with the companion product SafeGuard™ PDA.. SafeGuard LAN Crypt is equivalent product for Network File Encryption.
Backup & Running™ is an on-line automatic backup mechanism for any PC, be that a remote server in an provincial office or a home worker's desktop or a lap-top that spends its time out on the road.
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Stolen Laptop Computers
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. A recent theft of four computers from the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) led to massive costs for the organisation.
Concerns over potential misuse of the data lost in the incident meant that the CCRA had to send 120,000 letters to people potentially affected. They also have had to invest heavily to upgrade the security arrangements all across Canada.
While the information stolen along with the laptops did not contain any personal tax data it did have details of subcontractors including some social security details of employees. In other words all the information necessary for identity theft, just what a terrorist might need to obtain a false passport; a credit card...
Identity theft is becoming an increasing problem in North America and Europe with over 42,000 incidents in the UK last year alone. For more details on identity theft visit The US Federal Trade Commisions ID Theft Site
At ecommnet we have a variety of laptop and mobile security products which can eliminate the risk associated with identity theft. For more information visit our laptop and mobile security page.
Related Links
Computer Weekly's article
Crackdown on identity theft an article from the BBC
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