• Over 600,000 laptop thefts occurred in 2004, totaling an estimated $720 million in hardware losses and $5.4 billion in theft of proprietary information. — Safeware Insurance, 2004
  
• 97% of stolen computers are never recovered. — FBI
  
• 81% of companies reported the loss of one or more laptops containing sensitive information during the past 12 months. — Ponemon Institute, 2006
  
• The chances of a laptop being stolen are 1 in 10. — Gartner Group, 2002
  
• 70% of security incidents that actually cause loss to enterprises – rather than mere annoyance – involve insiders, and not cyberattacks. 
  — Gartner Group, 2002
  
• Most IT departments can only accurately report on 60% of their computing assets. — Gartner Group, 2002
  
• Laptop theft has been attributed to 59% of computer attacks in government agencies, corporations, and universities during 2003.
  — Baseline, 2004
  
• 57% of corporate crimes are linked to stolen laptops.
  — McClatchy-Tribune, 2006
  
• 73% of companies do not have specific security policies for their laptop computers. — Gartner Group, 2003
  
• 80% of those surveyed acknowledged financial losses due to computer breaches. — CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2002
  
• Nearly 40% of victims do not report computer intrusions.
  — CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2005
  
• Stolen laptops are a bigger cost burden to businesses than computer viruses. — National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, 2004

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