Data & Device Security

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for 2011/2012 show that mobile theft affected more than 826,000 people in the 12 month period with teens and youth aged 14-24 more than twice as likely to be victims of mobile theft as other age groups. The full stats, as discussed here, indicate that almost half (46%) of theft from the person and robbery incidents involved theft of a mobile phone, up from 31% in...

If a device is at risk, then so is the data it contains. Even if you believe the data is safe, when it comes to regulations and corporate liability, you need to be able to prove it. Absolute Data & Device Security (DDS) customers use the Data Delete Audit Report as the IT response protocol, allowing them to prove the data on a device at risk has been deleted. During the...

In our work successfully recovering over 29,000 lost and stolen devices, we have learned a lot about what it means to RECOVER from device theft. We have learned that recovery is not just about returning a device, but recovering from the loss incident itself. In the enterprise setting, this means addressing security gaps, providing additional employee training, understanding crime trends, reputation management, and even addressing the emotional component of...

This week we formally announced our latest service, Computrace Mobile Theft Management (MTM), the first and only iOS loss management and theft recovery service on the market for the enterprise. As we shared in our earlier blog post, Computrace MTM leverages the proven experience and expertise of the Absolute Investigations and Recovery Services team to the safeguarding of enterprise iPad and iPad mini devices. “The Computrace Mobile Theft Management...

The Pentagon has just announced that Samsung mobile devices have been cleared for use on Defense Department networks, the first mobile device to be added to the ‘closed’ military network that has to-date only supported BlackBerry devices. The announcement highlights the acknowledgement by the military of the consumerization of IT while also demonstrating the strong security built into the new Samsung devices. Samsung recently announced that its flagship GALAXY mobile devices...