Comment Remotely Delete Files (Score 1) 226
Another thing you can do to protect data is to install laptop anti-theft software to ensure that important data doesn't fall into the wrong hands. I have experience with this software because I did some work for the company that developed a product called Laptop Cop.
Laptop Cop allows you to remotely delete or retrieve files over the Internet in the event that a laptop gets stolen. You can also monitor and control everything the thief does by logging into the web-based UI.
Lots of companies are using it to protect their data and also understand why the laptop was stolen in the first place (to play video games? to conduct coporate espionage?) Because it lets you see all computer activity from the stolen laptop, you can know if the thief is trying to access confidential information or simply using it for their own personal reasons.
It also gives you a confirmation of the deletion of data so that you know it was destroyed. And it deletes it to a U.S. Dept. of Defense standard that makes it unrecoverable regardless of the techniques used.
I tested the product myself and it did what they claim. As long as the stolen pc gets an Internet connection, all is well which according to the FBI's crime statistics happens in 93% of the time.
You can learn more if you're interested here:
http://www.laptopcopsoftware.com/
Laptop Cop allows you to remotely delete or retrieve files over the Internet in the event that a laptop gets stolen. You can also monitor and control everything the thief does by logging into the web-based UI.
Lots of companies are using it to protect their data and also understand why the laptop was stolen in the first place (to play video games? to conduct coporate espionage?) Because it lets you see all computer activity from the stolen laptop, you can know if the thief is trying to access confidential information or simply using it for their own personal reasons.
It also gives you a confirmation of the deletion of data so that you know it was destroyed. And it deletes it to a U.S. Dept. of Defense standard that makes it unrecoverable regardless of the techniques used.
I tested the product myself and it did what they claim. As long as the stolen pc gets an Internet connection, all is well which according to the FBI's crime statistics happens in 93% of the time.
You can learn more if you're interested here:
http://www.laptopcopsoftware.com/
