Laptop Durability and Security Center
Published 13th Apr 2009 | Source - Security | Pages - 4By the end of 2007, more than half of all the personal computers used for business in the United States will be notebooks, according to the research firm IDC. As notebook computers become more pervasive due to their inherent benefits, security becomes increasingly important. In terms of potential vulnerability, there are the three major threats to notebook computers: physical theft, system access and intrusion, and data theft. Physical theft involves either the theft of the computer itself or removal of the hard disk drive. System access could result from password theft, hacking into an operating system or remote access.
Data theft may result from copying the hard drive contents onto an external drive, theft of the hard drive, or accessing proprietary or sensitive data via the notebook. To effectively combat the various kinds of security threats, IT decision makers should consider a multitiered approach to security that considers physical theft, system access and intrusion, and data theft.
Any security program must balance ease of use and employee productivity with protection. With the growing adoption of notebook computers, such security features as Toshiba's EasyGuard Secure, built from the ground up to strike that balance between protection and production, should be a key part of any enterprise's security strategy.
Toshiba contracted with the PC WorldTest Center to test the effectiveness of its EasyGuard security on its Tecra A8 model line installed with the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. PC World tested several facets of Toshiba's EasyGuard security: multilevel password, fingerprint reader, trusted platform module and SD token utility. Some aspects of EasyGuard that work with Windows XP are not yet operational in Windows Vista and therefore were not tested.
PC World's tests were designed to demonstrate that the multilevel passwords, fingerprint reader, trusted platform module and SD token utility technologies that have been implemented as part of Toshiba's EasyGuard Secure deliver benefits that enhance the security of notebook computers.
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