Oakley rolls out laptop protection software

Oakley’s SureFind software lets IT administrators remotely monitor and disable lost or stolen laptops.

Oakley Networks this week rolled out software that lets organizations remotely locate a lost or stolen laptop, determine whether data on the laptop has been compromised, and destroy the data to protect it from exposure.

The vendor’s SureFind software is installed on laptops and can report a missing device’s location once an Internet connection is established. Even if a new operating system has been installed, SureFind can establish contact with the organization.

The software monitors user activity and creates a discovery log that lets security personnel review the laptop’s activities since it disappeared. Based on the information collected, IT administrators can remotely invoke a data deletion process which erases the hard disk, and if desired, disables the laptop completely.

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Oakley Networks this week rolled out software that lets organizations remotely locate a lost or stolen laptop, determine whether data on the laptop has been compromised, and destroy the data to protect it from exposure.

The vendor’s SureFind software is installed on laptops and can report a missing device’s location once an Internet connection is established. Even if a new operating system has been installed, SureFind can establish contact with the organization.

The software monitors user activity and creates a discovery log that lets security personnel review the laptop’s activities since it disappeared. Based on the information collected, IT administrators can remotely invoke a data deletion process which erases the hard disk, and if desired, disables the laptop completely.

SureFind operates on laptops running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system; it can be deployed for about $30 per laptop.

Oakley was founded in 2001 and is backed by investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Fidelity Ventures and Duff, Ackerman and Goodrich Ventures.

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