Laptop Security Software

Laptop security typically impacts more than one user and one organization. The loss or disclosure of sensitive data (customer information and operational data) can result in damages including lost revenue, regulatory penalties and loss of brand reputation and goodwill. However, security must not get in the way of user productivity, rely on manual user intervention, or create unnecessary burdens on administrators.

Laptop security, and likewise desktop security, is most reliable when user intervention is not required.

Entrust laptop security solutions:

  • Mitigate risk of data disclosure by securing high value information stored on laptops
  • Aid regulatory compliance through automatic disk encryption
  • Enforce organizational policy, reducing reliance on user judgment or intervention
  • Enable user single sign on (SSO)
  • Provide central management capabilities for policy and data control

White paper: Protecting Information on Laptops and Mobile Devices

Laptop Security Using Full Disk Encryption
Entrust Entelligence™ Disk Security, based on the award-winning Pointsec for PC technology, can enable automatic full disk encryption for laptop and desktop security. Full disk encryption protects all data on the disk, including the operating system, all drives and resident data, temporary files, deleted files and unused space. Entrust Entelligence Disk Security also delivers enforceable mandatory access control that simplifies hard disk security, without compromising performance and enables enterprise-wide policy enforcement that cannot be bypassed. A user must enter a username and password (fixed, dynamic or smartcard-generated) before the operating system will boot up. Users are also prevented from uninstalling Entrust Entelligence Disk Security without proper authorization.

Centralized administration gives administrators the ability to create, deploy and manage laptop security policy and desktop computer security policy easily and consistently across the enterprise. Administrators are also able to install and configure the software, delegate authorization throughout the network, modify settings for local conditions, and assign the properties and authorization of individual users or groups by using profiles.

Using Strong Authentication for Desktop Security
Entrust Entelligence™ Security Provider is an enterprise-wide desktop security platform that enables organizations to protect desktop login, provide email security and protect data on desktops and networks using one single digital identity. The Security Provider delivers a digital ID (x.509 certificates and associated keys) to the native Windows security architecture (CryptoAPI) and automatically manages and protects this digital ID which is used to strongly authenticate users and add security, such as encryption and digital signatures, to desktop applications.

The Entrust Entelligence Security Provider is a thin-client–for rapid deployment–with broad application support. It demonstrates ease-of-use and simplified administration capabilities that have been the hallmark of Entrust solutions.

Read this white paper on Entrust Entelligence Security Provider

Using Two-Factor Authentication for Desktop Security
Entrust IdentityGuard for Enterprise has been designed to work in your organization's environment with little impact to the existing infrastructure. Entrust IdentityGuard for Enterprise includes a small footprint client that provides the Entrust IdentityGuard challenge as a second step to Microsoft Windows authentication. It is designed to use your current repository of user authentication information and to address the high scalability needs of large organizations.