Case Study: Colorado State University achieves recovery of over $40,000 in stolen equipment and secures 3,000+ student tablets with Absolute Software

Absolute the key in “biggest bust ever” at University Police Department

Colorado State University’s College of Business runs a popular HP tablet checkout program serving faculty and more than 3,000 students. After two years of thefts involving tablets, monitors and camera equipment, video footage identified suspects but couldn’t show where stolen devices were being used, so the College needed a reliable way to track and secure devices as they changed hands.

By deploying Absolute’s endpoint persistence and investigations, IT gained daily tracking and forensic data that provided the IP address and other irrefutable evidence used by University Police. That information led to the recovery of over $40,000 in stolen goods (including nine HP tablets), arrests in the case, and ongoing protection for the College’s 3,000+ student checkout program, with Absolute slated for installation on all new devices.

Colorado State University

Adam Smith

Detective, Police Department