Sprint/Alcatel-Lucent Makes Comprehensive Laptop Security Service Available

With the increasing rate of stolen corporate mobile devices and laptops, Sprint and Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up to offer a solution to ease IT headaches and provide control over data maintained on end-user laptops.

Sprint is going to launch one of the first comprehensive laptop security service s for businesses. SprintSecure Laptop Guardian enables 24/7 security through remote monitoring, location and locking if a laptop is lost or stolen, helping to increase productivity of mobile staff and simplify security management since all capabilities are delivered over-the-air to the laptop anywhere on the nationwide Sprint Mobile Broadband network.

The solution utilizes a unique Mobile Broadband connection card that serves as a two-factor authentication device. The card itself is an ignition key; the user must insert the card into the laptop to access to his/her laptop. The same card can be controlled by an enterprise IT administrator to remotely revoke authentication privileges always rendering control over the laptop and, more importantly, the corporate data on the laptop.

SprintSecure Laptop Guardian is powered by the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, a revolutionary laptop security and management system introduced earlier this year. SprintSecure Laptop Guardian is packaged with high-speed data access via Sprint Mobile Broadband to allow enterprises to manage laptops nearly anywhere, anytime.