PC Theft & Recovery Statistics

GENERAL STATISTICS

• More than 600,000 laptop thefts occurred in 2004, totaling an estimated $720 million in losses.
  Safeware Insurance, 2004
• There were 600,000 laptop thefts reported in 2004, totaling an estimated $5.4 billion in theft of proprietary information.
  Safeware Insurance, 2004
• According to Gartner, the chances of a laptop being stolen this year are 1 in 10.
  Gartner Group, 2002
• Gartner estimates approximately 80% of all laptop thefts are internal.
  Gartner Group, 2002
• Most IT departments can only accurately report on 60% of their computing assets.
  Gartner Group, 2002
• Theft ranks as a cause for overall PC loss.
  Safeware Insurance, 2003
• Laptop theft has been attributed to 59% of computer attacks in government agencies, corporations, and universities during 2003.
  Baseline, 2004
• 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 breeches.
  CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2002
• 97% of stolen computers are never recovered.
  FBI
• Nearly 40 percent of victims do not report computer intrusions.
  CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2005