GLOBAL STATISTICS

If ever you needed a reason to secure your item today, read these alarming statistics...

FACT
In the last six months in London, 63,135 mobile phones (an average of three phones per taxi), 5,838 PDAs and 4,973 laptops have been left in licensed taxi cabs.
Source: The Data Security Company

FACT
The loss of a corporate laptop results in an average financial loss of €68,000; only a small percentage of that sum actually relates to the hardware cost. Source: Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

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An average company with 10,000 mobile workers spends €5.3 million a year on lost, missing or broken laptops, according to the Meta Group in Stamford, Conn.
Source: USATODAY.com

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According to Safeware...some 208,000 notebooks with a value of nearly €492 million were reported lost last year. Source: InformationWeek Online

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Medium and large sized companies lose an average of 11.5 notebook computers every year.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey

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Average total replacement cost of lost computing devices was €10,940.27 per device.
This does not include the cost of the data on the computing device.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey

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In 2005, more than 40% of corporate data will reside on handheld devices.
Source: The Data Security Company

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Over 80% of IT professionals agree that notebook computers are either extremely or very likely to be lost.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey

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By one insurance industry estimate, (laptop loss) will cost the US $800 million this year-and that's just the cost of the computers. Source: The Washington Post Company

FACT
Although almost 1 in 2 (48%) mobile phone owners were aware of their phones unique I.M.E.I. number, only 1 in 4 (27%) had actually made a note of the number for future reference in the event of their phone being lost. Source: Insurance Moby

FACT
Studies reveal it can take an average 19 days and €12,000 to re-enter just 20 mbs worth of sales and marketing data. Retrieving accounting records is even worse; they require over 21 days of work and cost over €15,000 to re-enter. For many businesses, this kind of cost can force the closure of a business.

FACT
67.7% of respondents report the estimated value of proprietary data on lost computing devices at €25,000 or less; 9.2% estimated the value at €1,000.000 or more and 2.3% estimated the value at more than €10,000,000.

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