We are pleased to present the 2010 Human Factor in Laptop Encryption Study: United Kingdom sponsored by Absolute Software and conducted by Ponemon Institute. First published in December 2008, this study seeks to extend our understanding of employees’ perceptions about ensuring that information assets entrusted to their care are effectively managed in encryption environments, especially [...]

Absolute Software*1 and Intel deliver a new level of theft deterrence and data defence through integrated hardware and software technologies for notebook PCs. Computrace,* a leading IT asset-management and security solution from Absolute Software, is taking advantage of Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT),2 which is designed into system hardware. Through Computrace, an authorised information technology [...]

Migrating from Mac OS X Leopard to Snow Leopard can be a labour-intensive operation that takes several hours and requires a local visit to the end-user’s computer. Multiply this by the number of Macs you need to upgrade and migrating systems can easily monopolise the time of your support staff. When you need to migrate [...]

Software flaws that compromise the security of the system are often referred to as vulnerabilities. As the complexity and source code for modern operating systems has grown dramatically so has the number of vulnerabilities in the OS. The CERT Coordination Centre estimates that software vulnerabilities have grown in number from 171 in 1995 to 8,064 [...]

Computer networks are more diverse than ever. A homogeneous environment of only Windows or Mac devices is a rarity. Multi-platform computing environments are the norm and require a complex IT landscape comprised of multiple applications based on platform, availability, and user preference. Cross-platform environments are the new standard, supported with the switch by Apple to [...]