Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Survey: Nearly 3 of 10 laptop thefts are at the office

MobileVillage: PDAs, Handhelds, Mobile Computing & Wireless Technology for Business: "Survey: nearly 3 of 10 laptop thefts are at the office
- Gary Thayer, Editor
October 4, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- The current epidemic of stolen notebook computers (laptops) and resulting data breaches is most prevalent in an unexpected place -- the office.
According to a new survey by CREDANT Technologies, the office is the most common place laptops are stolen, making up for 29 percent of all laptop disappearances reported by survey respondents world-wide. Some respondents noted that their stolen office laptops were super-glued to their desks, physically locked into place and even secured with a lock and cable.
Even more disturbing, 87 percent of respondents report having email on their stolen laptops, and 67 percent report they had other business information stored as well. Moreover, 90 percent report that their stolen laptop contained sensitive and confidential corporate data that was not intended for public view."

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