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Absolute Software was the proud recipient this week of the 2015 WeTip Partner of the Year Award, recognized at the WeTip Conference in Riverside, CA this Wednesday, April 22nd. The 42nd Annual National WeTip Crime-fighting Conference brings together experts to talk about the effective implementation of the WeTip crime reporting hotline, as well as key topics in law enforcement. We attended the conference this week and were proud to...

Insider threats are not new; 37% of organizations experienced cybercrime involving an insider in 2014. Among all incidents, insiders posed the biggest threat to the intentional theft or exposure of confidential records (76%) and consumer records (71%). Although some of these issues are associated with deliberate acts, it’s usually unintentional behaviour or negligence - disabling encryption, losing a device - that pose the greatest risk.

Our customer forum is on the move and you can be too! The new InTelligence Forum  from Absolute will provide you with all the information you need at your fingertips. It’s an interactive environment where you can connect with Absolute specialists and product content, stay in touch with the latest news, and build your own network of like-minded Absolute customers. In celebration, we are awarding* FitBit Flex wristbands to 10...

The upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation, slated to come into force in 2017, proposes some drastic changes to data protection law. The changes will seek to increase penalties for a breach, including possible fines up to 2% of a corporation’s annual global turnover. In order to help you navigate the choppy regulatory landscape surrounding these new proposals and laws, we have worked with our compliance experts, Jonathan Armstrong and...

Absolute Software announced a partnership with Latin American manufacturer Lanix to embed Persistence technology in the firmware of Lanix devices. Lanix is Mexico’s largest domestically-owned electronics company, producing a range of devices including desktops, tablets, ultrabooks and laptops. Under the new agreement, Persistence technology by Absolute Software will be embedded into the firmware of Lanix devices at the factory. By activating Persistence, Lanix customers will receive unrivalled endpoint security and data risk...