Myscience.co Deploying Cloud-Based AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption

AlertBoot, Inc., provider of mobile
device management and managed full disk encryption services (FDE), announced
that Myscience.co
Ltd, the operator of the National
Science Learning Centre and the National STEM Centre in the UK,
has adopted AlertBoot full disk encryption to protect employee laptops and fall
into compliance with the UK’s Data Protection Act (DPA).

Myscience has a policy that forbids the storing of sensitive data on laptops it
issues to employees. However, the organization realized that it had to face the
real possibility of employees violating said regulation some independent
surveys and studies have shown over a 30% likelihood of policy violations by
employees, both accidental as well as intentional and the threat that it posed
to the organization’s compliance requirements under the UK’s DPA, which is
based on the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.

"Our laptop encryption and mobile
device management solution is cloud-based, and the cloud is currently
unfashionable in Europe," said Tim Maliyil, founder and CEO,
AlertBoot. "Europeans are wary of
US-based cloud solutions with good reason. However, AlertBoot’s cloud is only
used for device management and personal data is not collected, making European
clients much more receptive: if personal data is not collected, the controversy
surrounding the cloud is non-existent."

Continued Maliyil, "With the
anxieties regarding the cloud out of the way, we have found a high level of
interest in our services, thanks to AlertBoot’s unique web-based deployment and
installation, its ease of use, and low TCO."

The cloud-based model allows AlertBoot to offer the following features which
led Myscience to choose AlertBoot FDE for securing its laptops:

• Lack of infrastructure set up – Management servers are not required, meaning time
  is not spent on setting up, operating, and maintaining critical servers.
• Cost savings – AlertBoot offers some of the lowest FDE license fees and
  transparent costs: there are no extras for management servers, remote VPNs,
  OSs, etc.
• Licensing on demand – Acquire encryption licenses when necessary instead of tying
  up your budget on shelved software.
• Ease of use and minimal impact on operations – Deployment and installation is
  easy.
• 24/7 Support – For password resets, administrative assistance, troubleshooting,
  and more.

Once Myscience selected AlertBoot as its encryption solution, the organization
virtually finished deploying and installing FDE on its employee laptops in less
than two weeks, a reduction in FDE deployment over other
encryption solutions.