Notebook security handled by DeadMan

DeadMan's Handle, the new concept in notebook security, is now available for trial in a beta test version. This advanced software protects sensitive notebook information when it is lost or stolen. It does so by invisibly erasing it.

In these security-conscious times, businesses in the bio-pharmaceutical sector are becoming very aware of one fact: losing a notebook might be expensive, but losing the confidential or sensitive information on it could be catastrophic. DeadMan's Handle has been developed over the past two years to counter this steadily growing threat.

When the thief looks through the stolen machine, he or she will inevitably trigger DeadMan's Handle, which will delete all the defined confidential information - and itself - so that there is no trace of it left. The thief will have a working computer, but no knowledge that it ever had anything of interest on it.

'We wanted to give businesses an extra layer of protection when notebooks go astray - some 3% of all notebooks go missing every year, and that's a lot of information to lose,' states DeadMan's Handle Director John Brazier. 'It's simple to use and could well save someone's job - and their company.'

The name has been taken from the old safety devices that would automatically force trains to stop if the driver were injured or incapacitated: the 'dead man's handle'. DeadMan's Handle has brought the concept into a new age. 'We thought it was appropriate - it works when everything else has failed.'