Stolen laptop can cost you $49,000

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/stolen-laptop-can-cost-you-49000/2012-02-14

A laptop is stolen about every 53 seconds, and the average cost of the
loss totals $49,000, according to Kensington Computer Products Group.
Replacing the devices amounts to just 3 percent of that cost, while
myriad data loss-related expenses amount to 80 percent, the company
claimed in a recent blog post.

The Kensington post illustrates recent trends in device loss and theft
via an infographic. One-tenth of all laptops are stolen or lost over
the course of their life. More than half of all stolen laptops are
taken from the workplace, while approximately one-fourth are stolen at
conferences.  The education, research, health and pharmaceutical
sectors are most affected.

Smartphones, in contrast, mostly go missing outside of the workplace,
Kensington found. Only 7 percent of them are ever recovered, and most
don't have mobile security features activated.
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