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	Absolute helps primary school quickly recover from major laptop theft

Absolute helps primary school quickly recover from major laptop theft

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Remote Asset Management Theft Detection
Services	System Integration
Challenge	It came as a huge shock and a significant disruption to the children’s education when the school’s laptops were stolen, not once, but three times in one year. Despite a number of security measures, including alarms connected to the local police, pupils’ laptops were stolen multiple times. Although the school was covered by insurance and was able to replace the laptops, disruption to the learning and teaching was significant. It can take up to eight weeks to verify the insurance claim, obtain replacement quotes, acquire new laptops and have software reinstalled. This meant that the children were without their laptops for the best part of half a term. Read More
About Customer	Millfields Primary School is a state-funded school on the outskirts of Colchester in Essex, South East England. It has 34 teachers and administration staff who look after 212 pupils aged between 4 and 11 years old. The school is in a semi-rural area and has facilities such as playgrounds, sports fields, and natural, wooded areas available for the children. The use and teaching of information and communications technology (ICT), even in primary education, is a key part of the curriculum. Not only is ICT taught as a subject, but it is also used to support other subjects as a learning and teaching aid for children and teachers. Millfields School has invested in laptop computers, so that every pupil in a class has access to a computer. The laptops are shared around the school and are used every day. Read More
Solution	After the second theft, Millfields implemented additional security measures, including a special secure laptop trolley. Unfortunately, it only held 30 laptops and additional devices that had been left outside the trolley were stolen. But this time Absolute was installed on the devices. Millfields immediately contacted Absolute and logged details of the stolen laptops via the online Absolute Customer Centre. The Absolute Investigations team began an investigation. Within two weeks Absolute had tracked the devices to a local shop and engaged the police who recovered and checked the devices before returning them in full working condition to the school. Millfields was impressed with the quick and proactive response from Absolute and the regular communication and updates that were provided during the investigation. They have now extended Absolute onto staff laptops. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

Theft Detection

Services

System Integration

Challenge

It came as a huge shock and a significant disruption to the children’s education when the school’s laptops were stolen, not once, but three times in one year. Despite a number of security measures, including alarms connected to the local police, pupils’ laptops were stolen multiple times. Although the school was covered by insurance and was able to replace the laptops, disruption to the learning and teaching was significant. It can take up to eight weeks to verify the insurance claim, obtain replacement quotes, acquire new laptops and have software reinstalled. This meant that the children were without their laptops for the best part of half a term.

About Customer

Millfields Primary School is a state-funded school on the outskirts of Colchester in Essex, South East England. It has 34 teachers and administration staff who look after 212 pupils aged between 4 and 11 years old. The school is in a semi-rural area and has facilities such as playgrounds, sports fields, and natural, wooded areas available for the children. The use and teaching of information and communications technology (ICT), even in primary education, is a key part of the curriculum. Not only is ICT taught as a subject, but it is also used to support other subjects as a learning and teaching aid for children and teachers. Millfields School has invested in laptop computers, so that every pupil in a class has access to a computer. The laptops are shared around the school and are used every day.

Solution

After the second theft, Millfields implemented additional security measures, including a special secure laptop trolley. Unfortunately, it only held 30 laptops and additional devices that had been left outside the trolley were stolen. But this time Absolute was installed on the devices. Millfields immediately contacted Absolute and logged details of the stolen laptops via the online Absolute Customer Centre. The Absolute Investigations team began an investigation. Within two weeks Absolute had tracked the devices to a local shop and engaged the police who recovered and checked the devices before returning them in full working condition to the school. Millfields was impressed with the quick and proactive response from Absolute and the regular communication and updates that were provided during the investigation. They have now extended Absolute onto staff laptops.

Impact #1	Laptops are returned to students for classroom use more quickly, reducing disruption.
Impact #2	IT resources are not needed to set up replacement laptops, saving time and effort.
Impact #3	Millfields doesn’t need to pay the £1,500 insurance excess, resulting in cost savings.

Impact #1

Laptops are returned to students for classroom use more quickly, reducing disruption.

Impact #2

IT resources are not needed to set up replacement laptops, saving time and effort.

Impact #3

Millfields doesn’t need to pay the £1,500 insurance excess, resulting in cost savings.

Benefit #1	Millfields doesn’t need to pay the £1,500 insurance excess.

Benefit #1

Millfields doesn’t need to pay the £1,500 insurance excess.

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Absolute helps primary school quickly recover from major laptop theft

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