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View Infographic Protecting PHI in 7 Steps Healthcare is data. Take these specific and practical steps for secure digital care and data protection across all your devices, no matter where they are. View Infographic Product Videos Absolute for Chromebooks Absolute enhances the Google Admin Console, extending its capabilities with comprehensive intelligence and control. Everything you need is at your fingertips: insights into device health, user behavior metrics, plus the ability to monitor, control, and protect student devices from a single console, on- or off-network. Watch the video Automate Endpoint Management Tasks Remotely See how Absolute Reach lets you automate and extend your IT capabilities off-network. Remotely gather information and perform critical actions like setting admin passwords and installing or uninstalling applications. 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View Webinar Standardize your compliance reporting and control your remote devices Our product experts will demonstrate the intelligence and tools you can use to manage devices with at-risk data — anytime and from anywhere. View Webinar K-12 Peer Advice Forum: What’s Working for IT and Security Teams Success stories from the front lines of the remote learning transition. This first K-12 Peer Advice session features Eric Ramos, CTO of California’s Duarte School District. View Webinar The State of Endpoint Resilience in 2020 – A Critical Discussion featuring Forrester Absolute and featured guest Forrester, reveal key trends impacting endpoint health, fragility, and complexity – and the unexpected challenges introduced by remote work and distance learning. View Webinar 3 Essential Actions to Manage and Secure Remote Devices Ensure continuity for your IT and security processes with Absolute's remote device actions. Learn how to protect your organization's data and secure devices with 3 critical features: Device Freeze, Device Wipe and Data Delete. View Webinar 3 Immediate Actions to Save Time While Managing Online Learning Learn to use the new Web Usage reporting to pinpoint exactly where, and for how long, students spend their time online. Gain best practices for device collection, as well as effectively operating a remote helpdesk to support students and staff. View Webinar Product Briefing: Critical Steps to Secure and Manage Your Remote Workforce Workforces across the globe are going remote. These valuable and practical tactics will help you optimize your endpoints and Absolute console for security and productivity — no matter where your end users are. View Webinar Five Easy Ways to Transform Your Absolute Account Many different factors influence the health of your endpoints. This 45-minute power session will help you maximize your account health as we share easy-to-implement tips. 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View Webinar 7 Steps to Protecting Data in the Era of Digital Care Healthcare is data. Take these specific and practical steps for secure digital care and data protection across all your devices, no matter where they are. View Webinar 5 Essentials for Securing and Managing Windows 10 This one-hour investment will pay dividends, whether you're planning on migrating or already have. Learn how to deploy and utilize the many security enhancements in Win10 — without the pitfalls. View Webinar Cyber Threat Checklist: Are You Prepared? The most effective way to handle a cybersecurity incident? Keep it from happening in the first place. Protecting your organizations valuable data starts with a solid cybersecurity strategy for preventing both insider and external threats. View Webinar Customer Videos Anaheim Union High School District Learn how the Anaheim Union High School District uses Absolute to manage and secure tens of thousands of Chromebook, Mac, and PC devices. Watch the video Apria Healthcare Learn how Apria uses Absolute to secure, control, and manage over 8,000 remoted devices, protecting PHI for millions of patients. Watch the video Asplundh Tree Expert Asplundh has a highly-mobile workforce and thousands of distributed endpoints. Learn how they keep constant visibility and control over their devices with Absolute. Watch the video Cook County Sheriff's Office See how the Cook County Sheriff’s Office uses Absolute to control their endpoints, maintain transparency, and gain valuable insights on device usage. Watch the video Greenville Health System With 7 hospitals and over 15,000 employees, Greenville Health System is responsible for an ocean of PHI. See how they’ve secured it with Absolute. Watch the video Santa Margarita Catholic High School See how Absolute helps Santa Margarita enable a secure and effective 1-1 device program. Watch the video Case Studies Allegis Group Learn how Absolute Application Persistence delivers reliability to Allegis Group. Read the Case Study Allina Health Learn how Allina Health prevents costly data breaches with Absolute. Read the Case Study Anaheim Union High School District Anaheim Union HSD decreases device theft with comprehensive fleet visibility and control and increased device tracking accuracy. Read the Case Study Apria Health Learn how Apria Healthcare delivers enriched patient care with Absolute. Read the Case Study Asplundh Learn how by activating Absolute on their endpoints and incorporating Absolute into their standard device image, Asplundh gained uncompromised visibility of its entire device fleet. Read the Case Study Baltimore City Public School System Learn how Baltimore City Public Schools delivers secure technology to the classroom. Read the Case Study Bovis Homes Bovis Homes had a problem with missing endpoints. Due to the large number of temporary employees working remotely, devices often went rogue. They faced GDPR risks as well. See how Absolute helped them overcome these issues. Read the Case Study Caresource PHI Learn how CareSource is protected and compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Read the Case Study Cayman Islands Ministry of Education Learn how Absolute helps the Ministry retrieve stolen devices and deter future thefts. Read the Case Study Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Learn why the computers that CHU de Clermont-Ferrand purchases now come pre-loaded with Absolute. Read the Case Study Cigna Healthspring Learn why the Cigna-HealthSpring IT Team sleep better at night knowing their data is secure on-the-go with Absolute. Read the Case Study Community Medical Centers See how the San Joaquin Valley's largest hospital system uses Absolute to ensure encryption and protection of sensitive patient data. 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Read the Case Study Euromonitor Learn how Euromonitor secures proprietary market research with Absolute. Read the Case Study Fresno Unified School District Learn how Fresno Unified School District manages and secures 100,000 device fleet with Absolute Resilience® Read the Case Study Greenville Health System Learn how Greenville has been steadily growing their relationship with Absolute and currently has their solution installed on 14,000 devices with plans to add more. Read the Case Study Indiana Charter School Network and Goodwill Industries Learn how Goodwill Industries with Indiana Charter School Network deterred theft, ensured network compliance, and monitored their inventory with Absolute. Read the Case Study KCOM Learn how KCOM ensures compliance with the GDPR regulation, strengthens its security posture, and increases operational efficiency with Absolute. 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Read the Case Study Ogletree Deakins Ogletree Deakins has made data security one of the pillars of their technology implementation. See how they use Absolute to secure their sensitive data, comply with regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA and reinforce active encryption and anti-malware. Read the Case Study PA Cyber A pioneer in remote learning, PA Cyber relies on Absolute for unbreakable endpoint resilience. Read the Case Study Premiere Global Services (PGi) Learn how Premiere Global Services (PGi) now have instant access to detailed information about each of their devices. Read the Case Study Rhode Island Blood Center Learn how the Rhode Island Blood Center protects donor information and locates laptops using Absolute. Read the Case Study Sound Physicians Learn how Sound Physicians protect sensitive data with Absolute Resilience. Read the Case Study Suffolk Construction Learn how Suffolk Construction track, manage, and secure site devices with Absolute. 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Define and configure custom datapoints to be captured across your devices or choose to activate default datapoints available through the Absolute console. Absolute DataExplorer Absolute Encrypt Absolute Encrypt enforces your encryption policies so you don’t have to. Through continuous monitoring and automated reporting, Absolute Encrypt ensures your device encryption is always on and ready. View Data Sheet Absolute Resilience: Cyber Catalyst 2020 Learn why Cyber Catalyst chose Absolute Resilience as their designated cybersecurity solution in 2020. View Data Sheet Absolute Automate Automate tedious workflows, minimize your incident response turnaround, and prime your team for speed and agility with our security automation service. View Data Sheet Absolute Educate Equip your team with the best security training available. Choose from our training modules or custom-build a program of your own, based on top industry standards and our time-tested methodologies. View Data Sheet Absolute Manage Bring our expertise in-house with a dedicated Absolute consultant to help manage your perimeter, optimize your strategy, and keep your organization secure. View Data Sheet Absolute Assist Connect with a dedicated consultant to help you onboard Absolute, customize it for your business, and establish best practices for long-term success. View Data Sheet Web Usage Reporting - Enterprise The Absolute platform allows you to easily generate Web Usage Reports to know what websites users are actively engaged with, how much and when. View Data Sheet Absolute Upgrade Services If you're considering an upgrade to Resilience, our experts can help you get value faster, avoid implementation risks, and maximize your return on investment. View Data Sheet Absolute Remediate Remotely query insights or take urgent remedial action at-scale through Absolute Remediate. Leverage a pre-built library or run your own custom script across your endpoints. View Data Sheet Importance of Maintaining Effective Cybersecurity in Government Offices and Agencies Datasheet highlighting the challenges in government entities in maintaining an effective security posture View Data Sheet Absolute Onboarding Jumpstart your journey to endpoint resilience through the Absolute Onboarding program. Get access to the necessary tools and resources to effectively set up and configure your console account to your specific needs. View Data Sheet Device Reclamation Service Have your student devices gone missing? Absolute allows resource-challenged districts to outsource this time-consuming task to specialists. View Data Sheet Web Usage Reporting - Education Use new Web & Rising Web Usage Reports to know what websites students are spending their time on, monitor EdTech use, and block potentially unsafe content with web filters. View Data Sheet The Absolute Platform Achieve true cyber resilience with the only factory-embedded endpoint security solution. 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View Technote Absolute Application Persistence Technical Guide Leverage firmware-embedded Persistence technology to self-heal any mission-critical application and build resilience into the application layer. View Technote Maintaining Microsoft SCCM Health Through Absolute Learn how Absolute can help maintain the health of SCCM and automatically self-heal to strengthen your environment. View Technote 2018 Australia Privacy Amendment The Privacy Amendment requires many Australian organisations to take steps to mitigate data breaches, with penalties for non-compliance as high as $1.8 million. Learn how Absolute can help. View Infosheet Absolute: Security & Privacy Overview Get to know Absolute as a company and a platform. See the broad range of solutions, data, technology, and processes that Absolute uses to protect customers like you. View Infosheet Absolute Technical Support Specifications Need help with Absolute? 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