Laptop theft statistics

A scary but helpful guide for IT managers

In the lifetime of every laptop there’s a 1 in 10 chance that it will get stolen.

Statistics show that as many as one in ten laptops will be stolen or lost from an organisation over

the lifetime of each computer

That’s 10% of your colleagues and co-workers knocking on your door for a replacement

machine

This dismal scenario is extremely common. Around 90% of organisations are affected

IDC research shows that the office is the most likely place for a thief to strike

86% of IT security practitioners report that someone in their organization has had a laptop

lost or stolen

56% report that it resulted in a data breach

59% of business managers surveyed agree that encryption stops cyber criminals from stealing

data on laptops versus 46% of IT security practitioners who strongly agree or agree

65% of business managers surveyed record their encryption password on a private document such as a post-it note to jog their memory or share the

key with other individuals

50% of business managers have disengaged their laptop’s encryption solution

40% admit this is in violation of their company’s security policy

52% of business managers sometimes or often leave their laptop with a stranger when travelling

1 in 10 laptops are stolen in the lifetime of the laptop (usually around 3 years)

89% of companies experience laptop loss

It takes average of 9 days to get fully operational after laptop loss

The average total cost to a business from laptop loss is $47,000 (including downtime, support

& management time etc)

Only 25% of laptops have data

encryption and 50% of business managers with

encryption switch it off

1 in 10 business laptops gets stolen. The result can be catastrophic

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