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Laptop Theft Facts
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One out of every 10 notebook computers will be stolen within the first 12
months of purchase, and 90% of them will never be recovered. - FB
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$47,000 - average cost annually of a laptop theft/loss. - FBI/CSI
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Laptop theft doubled over the past year. - FBI
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Targeted laptop theft on the rise.- FBI
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Over 85% of theft is insider job.- FBI
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Laptop theft is one of the top 3 computer crimes along with virus and hacking - FBI.
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"Laptops are the most stolen article of property in San Francisco." - San
Francisco Police Department, Aug 22, 02.
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81% of U.S. firms lost laptops with sensitive data in the past year- Ponemon Institute, Aug 2006
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"Loss of confidential data -- including intellectual property, business documents,
customer data and employee records -- is a pervasive problem among U.S. companies"- ComputerWorld, Aug 2006.
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"Seven out of 10 organizations had laptop computers stolen during the past 12 months,
according to a recent survey" - AusCERT, 2006
Laptop related
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Laptop theft related 60% of corporate data resides on desktops and laptops -IDC
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One out of every two computers in the world will be a laptop by 2008- IDC