Here’s Your Notebook Bodyguard
Computer theft recovery solutions provider Absolute Software, Intel, and
Lenovo are introducing hardware-based anti-theft and computer-theft
deterrence technology for notebook computers. The offer will come for
mobile business executives, beginning this month – December.
Select
models of Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebooks that offer Intel Centrino 2
Processor Technology with Intel vPro Technology will ship Intel
Anti-Theft PC Protection "Ready," needing only to be activated by
companies' IT departments.
Absolute Computrace and Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection working together
provide the PC with intelligent mechanisms that detect potential theft
situations and respond according to programmed IT policy.
When
field upgraded to activate Computrace1 – a leading theft recovery, data
deletion and mobile computer IT asset management solution – customers
will be able to extend the benefit they receive from Absolute's managed
security services, through the new hardware-based Intel Anti-Theft PC
Protection, says Intel.
Here’s
how it works. For example, if a Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebook has not
"checked in" with the Absolute Monitoring Center over the Internet
within a specified time, Anti-Theft PC Protection working through
Computrace would automatically lock the notebook, rendering it unusable
to an unauthorized user.
Additionally, an IT administrator can use Computrace and Intel
Anti-Theft PC Protection technology to make a device inoperative when it
is lost or stolen. The next time that computer "checks in," the computer
will be locked.
Working
alone, Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection can lock a computer if it
experiences more than a prescribed number of password attempts, or if it
exceeds an internally programmed IT policy for check-in time. The IT
department can unlock the computer when it is back in the hands of an
authorized user.
"Absolute is excited to work with industry leaders to further drive
anti-theft technologies into the marketplace – ensuring that joint
Absolute, Intel and Lenovo customers have a secure computing
experience," said John Livingston, CEO of Absolute Software.
"By
combining Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection with Computrace support, we are
giving our customers the latest technologies in notebook PC security,"
said Bob Galush, vice president, software and peripherals marketing,
Lenovo.
Intel
vPro Technology also enhances existing Absolute solutions by enabling
remote management that offers an additional degree of tamper-resistance
for Absolute customers. It enables IT professionals under most
conditions to remotely perform security and management tasks on a PC
even if the computer is powered off, has an inoperative BIOS or hard
drive, or is outside the corporate firewall.
"The
notebook lost in the airport or stolen from a car can be devastating and
is a common nightmare in the back of every business traveler's mind,"
said George Thangadurai, director, Strategic Planning, and general
manager, Anti-Theft Program, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. "The
collaboration with Absolute and Lenovo is aimed at helping solve that
problem. The fusion of technologies in the Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebook
establishes a new level of security for today's mobile workforce."
Computrace with Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection support will be available
in supported regions on select Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebooks.
Photo courtesy: Lenovo
