Security News > 2020 > June > Absolute new platform capabilities boost sensitive data and device protections for remote endpoints

Absolute announced new platform capabilities enabling customers to strengthen sensitive data and endpoint device protections in remote or hybrid work environments.

Enhancements allow IT and Security teams to gain a richer understanding of their endpoint device environments; more quickly and effectively assess data or device risk; and take swift action to freeze or erase data on dark endpoints, even without physical device access.

As millions of workers were sent home with devices due to the COVID-19 outbreak, recent data from Absolute's Remote Work and Distance Learning Insights Center revealed a 34 percent increase in the instances of sensitive data - such as Personal Identification Information, Personal Health Information, and Personal Financial Information - identified on enterprise endpoint devices.

"Ensuring sensitive data is protected requires a clear understanding of where it might be most vulnerable, and the ability to take swift action to protect the device where it is being stored - even if that device is remote and off-network."

While many security tools can provide a real-time snapshot of an organization's endpoint environment, Absolute enables IT and Security teams to supplement network data with rich endpoint data and generate the holistic view needed to identify patterns or trends that heighten data or device exposure and take swift, targeted action to mitigate risk.

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