Absolute News

Absolute Software recently attended the Gartner Security Risk Management Summit held in Washington, DC. As you can expect, risk management & compliance and security in the digital age were hot topics of discussion this year. While there, Absolute Software’s Ali Solehdin, a senior product manager here, talked with the Information Security Media Group for Data Breach Today about our role in helping organizations secure data and prove compliance.

There’s no question that healthcare data breaches are reaching an all-time high. With health records fetching as much as 10 times the value of credit card data on the black market, cybercriminals are targeting healthcare organizations now more than ever. 2015 is poised to become the “year of the hack” in healthcare, with cybercriminals exploiting any vulnerability they can find, be it an unmatched system or an insecure endpoint.

Absolute Software announced last week an expanded agreement with Dell to embed Persistence technology in Android-powered Dell mobile devices. We began embedding Persistence technology in Dell devices in 2005 and are pleased to expand that coverage now.

We had a great response to our InTelligence Forum contest, which came to a close on May 15. With so many newly registered members, we’re looking forward to more stimulating discussions in our Forum!

We are proud to share today that Absolute Software’s CFO, Errol Olsen, was just named a winner of the 2015 BC CFO Award in the Large Public Company Category. Business in Vancouver and the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC recognize and celebrate the top CFOs in British Columbia each year. The winners of the awards will be celebrated at a gala dinner on June 2nd where each winner will...