WHY CONSIDER LAPTOP SECURITY and LAPTOP ENCRYPTION?

It is no longer an issue of whether to allow employees to be mobile: a mobilized workforce increases the speed of business execution. However, with increased productivity comes laptop security risk. Why? Because sensitive internal information is being stored on laptop computers and external media storage devices without any encryption to protect that data if the laptop gets lost or stolen.

A large amount of laptops have inadequate laptop encryption & security measures to protect against even the most common of situations, such as the next passenger picking up a device left in a taxicab.

As organizations are faced with increasing legislation such as Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and California Senate Bill 1386, the risks - and costs - of not protecting sensitive internal information using laptop encryption can no longer be ignored.

In addition to operational costs, a lack of laptop security leads to increased liability, brand damage, monetary fines, negative PR from external exposure, and loss of customer confidence - all of which negatively impact your bottom line.

As the number and diversity of mobile users, device types and access locations continues to increase, the ability to manage and control data security with laptop encryption has become mandatory - it's no longer a question of "if", it's a question of "how". To achieve productivity and competitive advantage, organizations must make sure data security using laptop encryption remains secure regardless of the type of user (employees, affiliates, and even customers), the type of computing device (laptops and notebooks), or the access location (home, a hotel in Chicago, or a coffee shop in Beijing).

To ensure laptop security in today's dynamic environment, an organization requires a laptop encryption solution that is equally dynamic and that treats mobile data protection as a continuous process.

There are four major elements in this process - Detect, Protect, Manage, and Support. Combined, they form a comprehensive Mobile Data Security Lifecycle. The key benefit of this lifecycle approach is that it ensures every aspect of laptop security is controlled and managed across all platforms-it is not specific to any one type of device or user, or to just one aspect of laptop security. The alternative approach is to implement multiple, device specific "point" solutions and consoles-a labor intensive and non-scalable approach that limits an organization's ability to easily control, manage, and support data security and recovery. Your organization needs a single enterprise solution for laptop encryption and data security-a laptop security solution that is simple, yet powerful and flexible, and that meets your strategic objectives in addressing laptop security.