According to a survey by Ziff Davis and featured on eWeek, over 80 percent of 207 people surveyed agreed that laptop security was an important factor when buying a laptop. Also, heightening the need for laptop security, nearly 60 percent of respondents said that the laptops were used primarily for end-users who travel a lot, which certainly would make them data rich.
And while security only rated fifth on factors when evaluating laptops, over 20 percent of respondents said they had 1 to 4 laptops lost or stolen in the past year, and over 10 percent said they had more than 10 laptops lost or stolen in the past year.
Of those laptops stolen, nearly 50 percent reported they'd been grabbed out of cars, and as you can never discount human-error, 25 percent reported they'd been left behind. After that, over 20 percent said they'd been stolen at the office, and the rest from home.
In essence, while many companies are effected by laptop theft or loss, not many companies rate laptop security all that highly. I don't know, maybe laptops should come handcuffed to the owner like an important prisoner. Or perhaps laptops should be made out of solid gold, so people would never forget how valuable the data on them is. Easier yet, maybe companies should just invest in laptop security.
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