Encryption for laptops and hard drives has been around for many years however it is still largely unused by companies to help secure data and prevent misuse.

Dell commissioned a survey in 2008 that showed that thousands of laptops are lost every week in the busy airports around the world. In London Heathrow alone, over 900 laptops were being lost. Worryingly around 40% of people said that their data was backed up and even more worryingly, only 10% of those surveyed employed any sort of secure full disk encryption to protect their data. Not only are over 900 laptops lost… so is all of their data and information worth in some cases, millions.

Encryption means converting information using a code that prevents it being understood by anyone who isn’t authorised to read it. Files, emails, even whole hard disks can be encrypted.

Encrypting email and files means that only authorised users are allowed to access them. This can be a powerful guarantee of privacy and security.

When emails are encrypted you get the additional benefit of being able to validate who sent the message and check that it hasn’t been tampered with en route.

Encryption is also used for ecommerce, wireless networking security and remote access to prevent eavesdropping andspoofing.

There are lots of different techniques for encryption. The stronger the encryption the harder it is for a hacker to decrypt the code using a computer. The strongest codes are, for all intents and purposes, unbreakable but simpler kinds of encryption can be broken using a regular PC with the right tools.

Implementing encrypted email or encrypted files will take a little time and can be technically demanding. However, for information that needs to be kept completely secure, encryption is the only way to go. We can help you overcome these barriers with our qualified and experienced SmarterWays technical team who can offer you secure encryption options for your digital assets. Some of these include:

• Instant protection – deployed in days, easy to install, with minimal impact on IT staff
• Expert implementation by a team of certified information system security professionals
• Guaranteed password recovery
• Complete control – centralised management of security functions and policies
• Less hassle for you, as we provide 24/7/365 availability for user and technical support
• Lower TCO, cost flexibility – no expensive data centres or investment in hardware/software and charged on per user per month
• A green solution – run from efficient servers in environmentally friendly data centres

If this is something that interests you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you

SmarterWays

SmarterWays, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, have a workforce to be proud of and each member of the IT support team, based in Staffordshire, contributes their knowledge and unique abilities wholeheartedly which is reflected in the recent success that we have achieved.

Being an IT support and web design company, our strategies are largely based around growth, innovation and enhancing our SmarterWays IT performance in order to stand out from our competitors. Throughout this period of innovation we were able to identify a product that takes into consideration our client’s changing lifestyle patterns and growing concern for the environment.

The remote worker and remote support solution that SmarterWays now provides has been incredibly successful and favorable amongst many of our clients. Not only is it efficient but it reduces the carbon footprint greatly. Cutting out journeys for workers and our support teams and allowing solutions to be given immediately.

Based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, our SmarterWays IT support team can help you choose the right broadband solution for the remote/home offices, making sure that hardware is installed to securely connect these offices back to your main office so that people working in them have full access to internal IT resources, just as if they were in the office.

The SmarterWays IT support team have grasped and emerging technologies and used them to provide real tangible benefits for our customers and to drum home the technical competence of the business.

At SmarterWays, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, our IT support and managing team have become extremely aware of the changing lifestyle patterns of workers and the demands workers have to work from home and SmarterWays have worked to promote remote working to fit in with such demands. Being a family run business with two young children, the directors of SmarterWays appreciate the  work/life balance and the importance of being able to spend time with family. This has influenced the way in which staff work and the directors are incredibly flexible about staff working from home.

SmarterWays, Staffordshire realised the importance of this issue and the IT support team adapted and specialised the SmarterWays remote worker and support solutions to be able to cater for such issues. With this IT and technology, employees are able to work from home with the same server access and phone systems as at the office.

The remote IT support solutions that SmarterWays, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, provides allows our technical team to monitor clients screens and talk them through their issues at the same time as they view the same screen. Not only does this reduce emissions for all involved but also saves frustration and call-out delays allowing the SmarterWays technicians to be able to provide a solution there and then through the remote system.  

Through the popularity of our other IT services that we offer, the SmarterWays IT support team have been able to integrate the remote worker and support systems into businesses easily, offering existing clients the chance to upgrade to that and future customers chance to have this as part of their service.

The remote solutions can easily be integrated into a business’ existing IT systems and the SmarterWays technicians are more than happy to come and install the software for you and see the solutions that we can offer you.

Thank you

SmarterWays